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Time was.. Time was when John Clauser bought a bodacious old Farr boat to race on San Francisco Bay. And that bodacious old boat came with some very old sails. So John began adding some bodacious new Pineapple Sails that sped up that bodacious old boat. Time was when John wed the bodacious Bobbi Tosse and the wedding present from crew and friends, loads of friends, was a bodacious new Pineapple #3 jib. With a bodacious Pineapple main, *3 jib and spinnaker, all they lacked was a truly fast #1 genoa. So late this past summer, John and Bobbi ordered a new Pineapple #1. Their bodacious boat, Bodacious, finished the 1999 season second in her division in HDA and went on to win the Yankee Cup, the champion of champions race. The following week, Bobbi drove Bodacious to victory in Berkeley Yacht Club's Women’s Skipper Race. And they couldn't have done it without a loyal crew, double chocolate cookies and that bodacious new #1.
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Lagoon offers the most luxurious and modern cruising-cat designs available today. The upcoming 380 - "little sister" to the ocean-proven 410 - is only 9% smaller, yet $90,000 cheaper! Same luxurious inte¬ rior. Same excellent twin-diesel maneuverability. Same bluewater capability. And an even higher sailarea-to-weight ratio!
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(34'xl5'x3'4") Twin dsls (60-100hp). 9-18 kts. 2 staterms, 2 heads, elevated steering & inside helms. Beachable. $203,390 FOB.
Which 'bonus cabin' (port forward) do you want? • (Shown) A third double berth sleeping cabin, or... • Walk-in closet w/floor-to-ceiling storage, or... • Combination work-bench area with washer/dryer, or... • Walk-in office with U-shaped desk
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Home Page: http://yachtworld.cont/bayisland One of the most popular cruising boats of this size. At our dock. $46,500.
Race ready and kept in top condition. At our dock and asking only $32,900.
Monohull Brokerage 25' CAPE DORY, '79. $9,500
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30' ISLANDER Mkll, '74 .. $14,500
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35' SANTANA. $32,900
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Offshore cruising or dockside living, she works well for both. Now $89,950.
She's equipped for performance cruising. Great family layout. Atour dock. $179,500.
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Steel construction with need of some interior finishing. Great value. Asking $45,000.
This Cross is in top condition and is looking for a new port. At our dock. $104,500.
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speed, radar, compass, VHF and 10 disk CD changer. Sleeps five.
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total of six. Good array of electronics. Dodger, maxi prop, three anchors, furling. OUR DOCKS! $164,500.
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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"
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53' OYSTER, 1987 (sistership) Never chartered, professionally maintained, cruise-ready. Agent: Jill. Asking $520,000.
49' BOWMAN KETCH, 1980 Top of the line British construction. Cruise ready. Listing agent: Jill. Asking $195,000.
WAUQUIEZ 47,1987 Best priced, best equipped, best condition on market. $229,000. Listing Agent Jill, (sistership)
40' WECO SLOOP, 1985 NZ's steel-hulled pride. Extensive cruising inventory. Agent: Jill. $129,000.
37’ CUSTOM COLD-MOLDED SLOOP, 1970. Beautiful English high-tech epoxy/mahogany laminate. Bluewater vet. A steal at $45,000.
PRETORIAN 35 by Wauquiez, 1983 Recommended by Practical Sailor for quality offshore. Listing Agent Jill. $84,000. (sistership)
43' SAGA TWIN JIB SLOOP, 1997 Equipped for round trip to Mars. Less than two years old, looks brand new. Asking $275,000.
36' PEARSON 365,1979 In excellent condition. Asking $56,900. (sistership)
47' ALEXANDER MARINE CUTTER, 1986 Comfortable cruiser loaded with electronics & stuff. Shows owner's pride. Asking $199,000.
37" CASCADE, 1982 Custom-built cutter, for passagemaking. Listing Agent: Rick. Asking $50,600.
43' OYSTER 435,1985 Center cockpit. Loaded for cruising. Asking $195,000.
27’ WATKINS, '83 35’ RAFIKI, '77 . I 36’ COLUMBIA, '71
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CALENDAR record 273 boats competed, representing 33 states and 17 coun¬ tries. Like the annoying beer commercial says, it doesn't get any better than this! Check www.yachtingnet.conx or call event director Peter Craig, (781) 639-9545.
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State
Boat Name □ Power
Length_ Marina/Anchorage
□ Sail
CYC, 435-4771. ENCINAL YC — Jack Frost Series (format change): 11 /20, 1/15, 2/19, 3/18-19. Mike Rettie, (510) 522-1807. GOLDEN GATE YC — 29th Seaweed Soup Series: 11/7, 12/ 4, 1/2, 2/5, 3/4. GGYC, 346-BOAT. LAKE MERRITT SC — Robinson Memorial Midwinters: 12/ 11, 1/8, 2/12, 3/12. Duncan Carter, (925) 945-6223. RICHMOND YC — Small Boat Midwinters: 12/5, 1/9, 2/6, 3/5. RYC, (510) 237-2821. sAn FRANCISCO YC — Pre-Holiday Series: 11/13-14. SFYC, 435-9133. SANTA CRUZ YC — Midwinters: 11/20, 12/18, etc. SCYC, (831) 425-0690. SAUSALITO YC — Midwinters: 11/7, 12/5, 1/9, 2/6, 3/5. Frank Drouillard, 898-6500. SOUTH BEACH YC — Midwinters: 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 2/ 12, 3/11. Mark Hecht, (650) 341-6449. Please send your calendar items by the 1 Oth of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), 15 Locust Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. Better yet, fax them to us at (415) 383-5816 or email them to us at editorial@latitude38.com. But please, no phoneins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are ei¬ ther free or don’t cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the 415 area code.
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Midwinter Race Series ALAMEDA YC — Estuary Midwinters: 11/14, 12/12, 1/9, 2/13, 3/19. ML Higgins, (510) 748-0289. BERKELEY Yfc — Chowder Races: 10/30, 11/6, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/18,'12/25. Paul Kamen, (510) 540-968. BERKELEY/MYCO — 11/13-14, 12/11-12, 1/8-9,2/1213, 2/27. BobbiTosse, (925) 939-9885. CORINTHIAN YC — Midwinters 2000: 1/22-23, 2/19-20.
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All entries qualify for Sweepstakes and Landlubbers’ Choice. Complete details and assigned numbers will be sent to you upon receipt of this entry form. Every boat entry will receive an
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Best Animation
Best Yacht Club Entry
Best Business Sponsored Power
Master Mariners (Built pre-1942 Sail)
Best Business Sponsored Sail
Most Effective Use of Lights
Best Classic Yacht (Built pre-1942)
Most Whimsical
Best Commercial Working Vessel (charter, fishing, etc.)
Club with Most Entries
Best Hand Powered Boats (Whaleboats, Dinghies, etc.)
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Long Distance (Boat traveling longest distance for parade)
Each entry from must be accompanied by a check for$40 made payable to Oakland Portside Associates. Entry forms must be submitted before Nov. 19,1999. Mail To: The Lighted Yacht Parade, do Harbormaster, 54 Jack London Square, Oakland. CA 94607. For further info, call 1-800-675-DOCK or (510) 272-1586.
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Caution on Stugeron! I'm reluctant to write this, but it may help some of your read¬ ers. We also heard that Stugeron was a good cure for motion sickness. We read a little bit of anecdotal information on the Internet that portrays it to be a safe drug with no known sideeffects. Since friends of ours had used it for two years without side-effects, we purchased some in Mexico for use while sail¬ ing. ' . Anyone opting to take Stugeron should be careful when pur¬ chasing the product. We, for example, were not aware that it comes in 75 mg tablets and 150 mg capsules. Because of the language barrier in Mexico and our own ignorance, we assumed that Stugeron was a motion sickness medication — like Dramamine. Consequently, we wound up taking the capsule. One person in our group of six became very ill and another was drowsy for eight hours. The rest of us felt a little queasy. Because of these reactions, we decided to do a little more research on the product to learn more and determine the proper dose. What we learned has caused us to rethink the use of such a powerful drug for just motion sickness. The reason stron¬ ger doses of Stugeron are available is because it’s used in the treatment of epilepsy, Meniere’s Disease, migraine headaches, vestibular irritation, labyrinthine arteriosclerosis, arterioscle¬ rosis, vasospasm, vertigo — and a host of other serious disor¬ ders. It is a powerful calcium channel blocker, a strong antihis¬ tamine, and a vascular spasmolytic. It also reduces motion sick¬ ness. Your readers should give careful consideration to whether motion sickness is a sufficient illness to warrant the use of such a powerful drug. In addition, we subsequently found that Stugeron is not a ’new’ drug — as had been our impression. Cinnarazine, the generic name, has been around since the ’70s — although the United States Food & Drug Administration has yet to approve it for use. We contacted Janssen, the manufacturer, directly and a researcher, who shall remain nameless, suggested that for casual sailors other remedies might be more prudent choices for combating motion sickness. Stugeron may eventually prove to be a good choice for treat¬ ing motion sickness, however for the moment we have opted to return to taking approved over-the-counter medications. Should the USDA eventually give Stugeron the green light for use in treating motion sickness, we’ll then be the first in line. In the meantime, we’d suggest that everyone heed Latitude's advice of talking to their doctor before taking Stugeron. I’m not interested in getting into a debate on this, so please withhold my name. N.W. North America Readers — Modern drugs have the ability to do fantastic good — as well as harm — so it's just common sense to proceed with caution. Even though a number of cruisers have raved about Stugeron to combat mal de men it would be very foolish for any¬ one to take it without having consulted their doctor first. After all, the last thing you need at sea is a bad reaction to — or overdose from — a powerful drug. fUlONE OF THE GREATEST SAILING VESSELS AFLOAT?
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fUlTHE WORST NIGHT OF OUR LIVES In the September issue, Jim and Pam McEntyer asked about screens for and comments on ’no-see-ums'. While I've often been tempted to respond to articles or comments in Latitude, no sub¬ jects as near and dear to my skin as no-see-ums. For all of my 67 years, I have thought of myself as able to handle any flying bug. But while spending three years up and down the west coast of Mexico aboard our boat Awesome, I met my Waterloo. We had run-ins with no-see-ums in lots of anchorages, but none like at Isla San Francisco in the Sea of Cortez. It has been over five years since we were there, and I'm re¬ calling from a bad memory bank, but it happened something like this: We had anchored about 3/4 mile from the mangroves just to be sure we were far enough away from the no-see-ums. Then, at midday, we took the dinghies ashore to explore "before the no-see-ums come out to play". The group included Pril and me, our friend Lauri and her son Jeff, and Alan and Nedra from Blythe Spirit. After about half an hour, Lauri began complain¬ ing about getting bitten, so we returned to the boat. Alan and Nedra spent the afternoon and evening on our boat, and we enjoyed dinner just before dark. About the time we fin¬ ished eating, we all started getting bit. Alan and Nedra returned to their boat. We later heard that they only had minimal dis¬ comfort from the little beasts. As for the four of us aboard Awe¬ some, we had the worst night of our lives! We sprayed and doused ourselves with every insect repellent on the boat, but within minutes of each application the biting would resume. A breeze might have helped, but there was none. As it was a black and moonless night, and there were reefs offshore, I was afraid to raise the anchor and move away. So we suffered. At daybreak we left. When we got a couple of miles offshore, I closed up the belowdecks area and sprayed a lot of flying insect spray. When I opened up and went below, I found that our white Formica countertop was brown with thousands of little specs. One of the regrets of my life is that I cleaned off that counter without looking at it with a magnifying glass. How any¬ thing so small can hurt so much by biting — not to mention the later infection — is beyond me. They have to be one big mouth with huge teeth. I've since read that the real pain mechanism is that they deposit an acid-like substance that both stings and creates an allergy. For some reason, Pril’s body got over the effects within a couple of days, but it took me two full weeks to get over the itching and oozing of the bites. Pril put calamine lotion on each of my individual bites several times a day and entertained her¬ self by counting the spots. Her count was never the same, but the average number was 550! Later experiences taught me that I could get over the effects in two or three days if I showered at least three times a day and scrubbed the affected area with a
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LETTERS soapy washrag. Rumor has it that the no-see-ums lay eggs in the skin and that those, in turn, hatch, bite, lay eggs and so on. There may be some truth to this as the act of washing often seemed to break the cycle. As for Jim and Pam's question about how fine a screen is needed to kept them out, in my opinion nothing short of a sheet of glass or plastic will do the job. I have heard that regular screens will work — if they are sprayed every day with insect spray. The theory is that they'll touch the edge of a hole — and the poison — they're coming through and die before they get to you. But I've never tried it. When we started our cruise, we had screens on every opening. As time has gone on, we've pretty much given up using them because regular window screens restrict air flow by an incredible 75% — and you need maximum air circulation in the tropics. Anything with smellier holes would be like no screen at all. Anchoring well offshore gives you the best protec¬ tion — and also gives you the best chance for maximum air flow for comfort. Why were we so badly attacked 3/4 mile offshore while Blythe Spirit was relatively unaffected? I believe that it was because our boat was in a party mode when it turned dark, and our spreader and cockpit lights drew the no-see-ums to us. It's still a mystery to me how they can fly so far with such tiny wings. But they can! One of the great advantages to being where we are now — Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — is that there are no no-see-ums. While there are mosquitoes here, we've never got¬ ten a welt to indicate having been bitten. Hence, no need for screens. On another subject, you published a letter in late '87 from Bill and Ann aboard Sendya, who wrote about what a great place this was. You responded by saying that several years be¬ fore a cruising boat had been boarded in Majuro and the skip¬ per badly beaten, and wondered if things had changed. We've been stalled here for almost three years and can report that we've never locked our boat yet, no matter if we're aboard or not. We leave everything — including dive and scuba gear on deck — and haven't had anything taken. We have never been anywhere where we have enjoyed such freedom from harass¬ ment as we have in Majuro or in the whole of the Marshall Is¬ lands. Micronesia is an undiscovered cruising paradise! Actually, there is one exception here in the Marshalls. Dur¬ ing our visit to the Kwajalein Army Base on Kwajalein, some Marshallese visitors got away with several things while we watched a great Fourth of July fireworks show. Dick Brooks and Pril Hagen Awesome Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands Dick & Pril — Its been our experience that no-see-ums are indeed party animals who have a penchant/or bright lights and crowds. With respect to Majuro, it must have been 15 years ago that we interviewed the older couple who had been attacked there aboard their Cal 46. They reported that the only thing that pre¬ vented his being beaten to death in the cockpit of his boat was the fact he'd just received a shipment of tear gas the day before. We're pleased to learn that such violence seems to be a thing of the distant past. 1WDOJTT TOSS AWAY THAT WEDDING DRESS JUST YET
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I was pleased to see the Latitude page on the Internet. I was a regular reader while living in landlocked Fresno for four years before moving back to Ohio. While living in the Central Valley, I was introduced to the pleasures of sailing — and enjoyed some great sailing on the lakes in the Sierras. While cleaning some stuff in my basement — we have base¬ ments in this part of the United States — I came across an old issue of Latitude. So 1 thought I'd see if you guys had a web page. You do and I visit it often. I might even subscribe again — even though it's a four-hour drive up to Lake Erie. Rick Ohio HU-FREE OF CHARGE
I haven’t been much for writing, but perhaps our participa¬ tion in the Baja Ha-Ha will spur our efforts. I do, however, want to register my appreciation of Fleming Windvanes for their sup¬ port of our 11-year-old windvane. The foot of our unit's stain¬ less steel vane fin was showing some cracking and water was leaking into the fin. We inquired about having it repaired, but Tom at Fleming told us to just send it back and they'd take care of it. Well they did. We had a new foot plate welded on and some other welds cleaned up. They sent it back saying "no charge, happy sailing". When a company does that for an 11-year-old product, it deserves a public thanks. Moe Beauvais Sea Change, Tayana 37 flUSTORM TACTICS AND PARA-ANCHORS
Much has been written about heavy weather tactics in gen¬ eral, and heaving-to in particular. Lin and Lariy Pardey are strong proponents of heaving-to rather than running off before heavy winds and seas, and their Storm Tactics Handbook is a must-read sailors planning to venture offshore. In their book, the Pardeys suggest heaving-to at about 50 degrees off the wind and seas. They also discuss deploying a para-anchor about 50 degrees off the windward side — as opposed to directly off the bow, as suggested by the distributors of Para-Anchor. The advice of the Pardeys — along with our own more than 20 years of sailing experience — made us advocates of heavingto. In fact, we also bought a Para-Anchor and set it up with 450 feet of rode. But here's a big problem: How do you ever retrieve the Para-Anchor? Everyone seems to assume that once the wind and waves have abated enough to want to retrieve the ParaAnchor, you'll be on a mill pond and will therefore have no trouble pulling it up. Well, that's a false assumption. Furthermore, there are reasons why you may need to resume sailing while condi¬ tions are still bad — or have even worsened — from the time you decided to heave-to and set a Para-Anchor. Drifting into a busy shipping lane or being too near land are but two reasons. Here's what happened to us in mid-May when we were sail¬ ing Nereid — our Wauquiez 43 cruising ketch with a modified fin and rudder on a skeg — about 200 miles off Point Concep¬ tion. We'd planned on sailing to Hawaii, but decided we’d put in at Long Beach first to spend a few days with family and make a few minor repairs. The forecast called for 25 to 30 knots of wind, but by the time we were 80 miles off Conception, the forecast
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LETTERS our trip for the time being, it doesn't change the problem of how to retrieve a Para-Anchor in storm conditions. In any event, oiir rudder was banging around from stop to stop, so we set up our emergency tiller and lashed it amidships. It lasted 30 minutes before coming apart at the seams. Folks, we advise you to give your emergency steering set up a close look and give it an honest-to-God evaluation. The only thing we had left to steer^was the autopilot, which fortunately worked directly off the rudder post. Unfortunately, it could not control the rudder's violent swings. The windvane was useless as it was set up to drive the wheel which was connected to the busted quadrant. As a result, our options were limited and we knew we were in trouble. Mind you, it was trouble of our own making, not Nature's. After many futile attempts to stabilize the rudder using the autopilot tiller, we reached a Maritime Mobile Ham net in Mary¬ land- We asked the guy to call the Coasties in Long Beach to let them know that we had lost our steering. Without being asked, the Coasties deployed a vessel with an ETA of eight hours. They also deployed a helicopter and had another ship standby until the tow vessel arrived. After a 16-hour tow with strong winds and huge seas on the port bow, we arrived in Morro Bay. Our hats are off to the Coasties, in particular, Senior Chief Lars Kent, the skipper of the tow vessel Barracuda. These guys did an absolutely out¬ standing job in terrible conditions. Many times since then we’ve asked ourselves what we could have done to prevent the situation from developing, what we could have done differently, and what we’ve learned. Mistakes. We think we probably hove-to at the right time, but perhaps deployed our Para-Anchor too soon. Although con¬ ventional wisdom says you should heave-to when you first think about it, deploying a parachute has its own set of problems — as outlined above. Should we have resumed sailing rather than deploy the ParaAnchor? Hindsight makes me wish we had, but at the time it seemed like the right thing to do. Not getting the boat stabilized was a bad idea, as swinging around by 40 degrees or so causes all kinds of trouble. As we found out, the rudder slamming around and the waves hitting the side of the boat eventually take their toll. We simply hadn't been out in such conditions with this boat and therefore didn't know how she'd behave. When the brake wouldn't hold the wheel in place, I tried tying the wheel down to one of the big winches in the cockpit. Even though the line had some stretch to it, I think the shock forces of the rudder slamming the wheel hard over are what eventually caused the quadrant to fail. Observations. Once we were on the Para-Anchor, we were left with few options. Even if we couid have motored up to the anchor, it's unlikely we could have pulled it back aboard. At that point, our only option would have been to cut it loose. In fact, this is what we ultimately had to do in order not to foul the Coasties' tow lines. In either case, you end up beam to the seas while trying to raise sail — which is not a happy prospect. We hope someone doesn't suggest that one should set storm sails or reef the main and mizzen before trying to recover the Para-Anchor. Can you imagine your sails flogging in 45 knots of wind for the long time it would take you to pull the ParaAnchor back aboard? It s not recommended that you have a trip line all the way back to the boat, as it will likely get fouled. So it's suggested that the trip line be no more than 100 feet or so. Based on our experience, it would be impossible to get to the trip line in such conditions. Our conclusion? Think ahead and evaluate all your alterna¬ tives before you deploy your $ 1,300 — total set-up cost — Para-
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Mike & Joyce — You and other sailors concerned about heavy weather might be interested in Steve and Linda Dashew's soonto-be released book. Surviving The Storm, Coastal And Offshore Tactics. It’s filled with many first-person accounts from experts and amateurs alike about responding to heavy weather. One of the situations that might interest you the most is that of the boat Freya in last November's terrible storms off New Zealand. In truly dreadful conditions, the family crew set a Para-Anchor off the bow with the recommended 3/4-inch nylon line. In something like an hour, the line parted — as if it had melted — some 1 Ofeet from the bow on the Para-Anchor side. Apparently it's common for frequently stretched three-strand nylon to develop enough internal heat to melt. The Dashews would concur that there are times and places for a wide variety of responses to storm conditions, and it’s im¬ portant to understand the limitations of each The just-released fifth edition of Adlard Coles' classic Heavy Weather Sailing, by Peter Bruce, gives a similar warning about both parachute an¬ chors and drogues. As Elaine Bunting wrote in her October '99 Yachting World review of the book, "For example, parachute an¬ chors and drogues, once seen as ideal solutions, now come with a caution. In many cases cited, the difficulties and dangers of using them greatly outweigh the advantages." As if to support that opinion, earlier in that October issue of Yachting World is a report by Tim Trafford of using an 18-foot Para-Tech sea anchor on 600-feet of line when his 55-foot ketch was caught in 45-knots of wind — with gusts to 60 knots — ofj Chile: "By 1900, the sea anchor was fully deployed. The motion was appalling. Ardevora was pitching heavily: chafe marks later seen on the stem indicated up to 45 ° above and below horizon¬ tal. She was also rolling her gunwales under and yawing up to 40° either side of the wind." After four hours of carefully adjust¬ ing the rode to reduce chafe — and worrying that, 1) The rudder would be damaged from occasional rapid surges backwards, or 2) The two Lewmar 65s taking the load would be ripped off the boat — the one-inch line parted. "The relief that it had gone was just — I don't know what — but like throwing off a huge weight, stress just went. We immediately lay ahull and it was as if the wind had died, gone were the dreadful yawing and rolling." Let's be clear on our point: It's not that parachute anchors aren't any good or might not be the best storm survival tactic for a given condition, but rather that they may not always be the best response to heavy weather, and that they may present tre¬ mendous problems for their rodes and boat rudders.
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Steve — We think Lorillard deserves praise on two counts: 1) For having the guts to share the somewhat embarrassing mis¬ takes he made so that others might learn from them and 2) For the way he responded — as you pointed out — so positively to the challenges he faced. We loved the way, for example, that he and his First Mate respectfully declined the Coast Guard's heli¬ copter rescue to stay with their beached and possibly destroyed boat. On a remote island. In the middle of the night. With a bunch of grizzled Mexican fishermen. On the other hand, we think that Lorillard would agree that it’s no particular honor to be a "pro" at responding to challenges that could have — by his own admission — been avoided in the first place. ftlTWO YEARS LATER AND HE'S STILL WHINING
I was under the impression that the prime directive for the Baja Ha-Ha has always been ’No Whining'. That’s why I’m sur¬ prised that Latitude gave Ethan Hay alrriost two full Letters pages in the October issue to do just that. But alas, the fault is mine, for I am the bumbling, stubborn, incompetent owner/captain portrayed in his letter. It is I who regretfully invited Mr. Hay along on the '97 Ha-Ha. Two years have passed and Hay is still whining! There's just one problem: his addled account of his experi¬ ence is riddled with errors and lies. For example, after nine months of cruising Mexico, I have yet to see a 10-gallon water bottle. Have you? I can’t imagine a Mexican granny being able to carry a 10-gallon bottle. Actually, I bought ten 5-gallon bottles for $1 each. Hay taught me how to wash dishes in seawater? The boat came plumbed with a seawater foot-pump in the galley sink. Further, I don’t recall him washing a dish during the entire trip. He snivels because nobody wanted to get drunk with him at the end of the cruise. Awwww. I'm sure he has some positive memories of the Ha-Ha — he can just make them up. But do 1 have to spend the rest of the day debunking Ethan Hay’s re¬ membrances — or can I get on with my life? Before I close, I have to ask what was the purpose of this hit piece? I think it was written to discredit me and make himself look wise and well-travelled at my expense. After all. Hay is looking for another ride down to Mexico this year and I’m sure he wants to look really good to any potential owner/captains out there. Go ahead, ask him. I sure as hell wouldn't. J.C. Mexico J.C. —If Hay’s primary purpose had been to write a 'hit piece', don't you think he would have mentioned your name, your boat name or type, or otherwise givemsome hint as to which of the 120 boats he'd been on? He did none of those. Indeed, 99.99%
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of our readers wouldn't have known who he'd been talking about if you hadn't identified yourself Actually, we’ve decided to print only your initials and withhold your boat name precisely for the purpose of preventing you personally from being the object of ridicule. While Hay may indeed have also been trying to give you a slight private needling, we think there were substantive reasons for him to have frritten: 1) To indicate that water is available in Turtle Bay; 2) To report that the people of Turtle Bay had been very helpful and friendly to him; and 3) That it's not always a good idea to expect to install gear offshore. We thought it was a legitimate informative letter — and still do. Now that you've both taken a couple of swings at each other, can we leave the person¬ alities out of it? One clarification in closing: While Latitude 38 founded the Baja Ha-Ha and continues to support the event, it is now en¬ tirely owned by a completely independent non-profit — although not by intent — corporation.
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ftftNEW REELS CATCH FISH About a month ago, I read something in Latitude which ques¬ tioned whether a seaplane on the water was considered a boat, and if so, where it would fit in the pecking order of the Rules of the Road. If my response is a little late, it’s because I was on a ship in the Persian Gulf when I read the item — the magazine having been sent to me by my wife in a ‘care package’. Anyway, I hope this will help anyone having trouble remem¬ bering the pecking order: New Reels Catch Fish So Purchase Some — or NRCFSPS. 1) Nuc (Not Under Command). 2) Ram (Restricted In Ability To Maneuver). 3) Cbd (Constrained By Draft). 4) Fishing. (Commercial only, all types except trolling). 5) Sailing. 6) Powerboat. 7) Seaplane. For details, refer to the bible: USCG Navigation Rules COMDTINST M16672.2C. Oh, and if anyone is going to push the issue of sailboats and powerboats by classifying a 900-foot ship as a powerboat, please remember that a large ship needs the better part of a mile to alter course — and, due to momentum and the complexity of machineiy, considerably more than just a mile to come to a stop. P.S. Great mag, been reading it for years. Ray Hatch USCG Master ASA Sailing Instructor Novato Ray — The ’New Reels' is something we hadn't heard of be¬ fore; thanks for sharing it — and the kind words. As for large ships, we know to stay out of the way. We were once privileged to be able to make the trip from L.A. to San Francisco aboard the President Jackson, a 960-foot container ship belonging to Ameri¬ can President Lines. As we recall, the captain shut down the power and 'coasted'from Davenport to the Lightbucket — a dis¬ tance of 50 miles or so.
ft 11 DROPPED PROPS On page 54 of the July issue, there was a letter from Ray Taylor about folding props falling off. We've experienced the same problem three times. Taylor wanted to hear from other people who've experienced similar problems. Do you have a phone number or other address for him? George Kuperis C'est Si Bon gkuperis@hotmail.com George — Sorry, but we no longer have it. We've printed your email address so he can contact you.
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Mike Fitzgerald's article on Sausalito was interesting. We've called on the 'little willow' several times while transiting be¬ tween the rain and gale swept Pacific Northwest and sunny Mexico. But we take vigorous exception to Fitzgerald's reference to Molly (sic) Stone's supermarket. No matter what you buy there, it's a flagrant rip».off. Friday Harbor, in the San Juan Islands, is a close contender for the title of the maximum rip-off, but none¬ theless has to yield to Molly (sic) Stones.
With such high prices, it's a small wonder that many cars in the parking lot only had one cellphone. We even saw several that didn't have any! With Molly (sic) Stone's prices, one is clearly forced to choose between sustenance or a properly equipped vehicle. Pete Kantor Tsaritsa
Friday Harbor, WA/San Diego Pete — Unlike 25 years ago, Sausalito is now home to web start-ups, software entrepreneurs, webmasters and mistresses, and 80-hour work weeks. Since the new locals work so much, they hardly have time to spend their stock option money, so they can easily afford Mollie Stone's prices. And frankly, we'd rather have just a little of Mollie's wine herring than a whole pizza from Costco — and we love Costco. There's a bonus, too. Once you become accustomed to Marin and San Francisco prices, the rest of the world seems like a ridiculous bargain.
IUIrigs and antennas As I write this, Tropicbird is currently at the Hawaii YC and I’m back in the office working for a couple of weeks. But by the time anyone reads this, I should have returned to the boat, sailed her to Fiji, and later put her in diy storage in Australia for the cyclone season. In any event, I thought I'd pass along a few tips based on my latest trip. 1) Always doublecheck any outside work you have done on your boat. I had to abort my initial attempt to sail from San Diego to Hawaii after about 75 miles because the roller furler failed to furl. The problem was that the riggers — a very wellknown San Diego outfit — had serviced my furler incorrectly; They'd put Tef-Gel, which is a grease, on the three-torque tube screws, rather than the Loctite that the furler manufacturer, Harken, called for. The Tef-Gel held for a couple of trial sails in San Diego Bay and for a daysail down the beach to the Mexican border. It took a night of sailing upwind on the way toward Bishop Rock for the screws to vibrate out of the torque tube. I recall Mike Plant having a similar experience with the fittings holding his rig up. The riggers may have been confused because Harken changed the design of the torque tube when it introduced the Mark III furlers. The newer units use a different fastener that should be bedded in Tef-Gel, while the older ones use flathead screws secured with Loctite. I'm sure that the riggers who worked on
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LETTERS my boat have installed and assembled hundreds of the older units and, as called for, put Loctite on them. But I bet they put mine together without referring to the correct older instruc¬ tions and got confused. I also believe that riggers have a natu¬ ral inclination to put things together with Tef-Gel or Neverseize, because at some point they envision having to take them apart. Needless to say, the riggers were a bit chagrined when they came to work alter the holiday weekend to find me tied up at their dock with the Harken instructions and Q-Tips with grease samples on them. Fortunately, except for an adrenaline rush, a sleep-deprived night hove to outside San Diego Bay, and a few days delay, no harm resulted. Needless to say, I bought a couple of extra tubes of Loctite. From now on, anytime anyone works on my rig, I'm going to wait until they are done, then go up and pull a few fasteners off to make sure they have the right stuff on them. 2) My second tip involves a cheap and simple way of setting up an external antenna for the Magellan GSC 100/Orbcomm. I bought the Magellan unit just before I left, but was unable to purchase the external communications antenna because they weren't in production yet. After a few days of standing on the companionway ladder, waving the whip antenna out the hatch, and waiting and waiting and waiting to connect to a satellite, I knew I had to make my own antenna. So, I removed the GSC 100's attached whip antenna — there is an alignment mark when you fold the antenna back showing where the antenna unlocks. I put a BNC to PL-259 adapter — usually used to connect a handheld VHF to the yacht’s antenna, West Marine SKU 261859, $6.49 — onto the GSC 100. Then I unscrewed the cable for the VHF antenna from the back of my VHF radio, and screwed it to the adapter — and thus to GSC 100. It works like a charm! The GSC 100’s frequencies are a little lower than marine VHF, so the ideal antenna would be a little longer. Even so, the signal through a marine VHF antenna is a lot better than with the GSC 100’s attached antenna. The 3db gain of the VHF antenna particularly seems to help in reach¬ ing satellites low on the horizon. I was able to send and receive email messages in standard mode all the way to Hawaii — which Orbcomm tells me should be almost impossible. Sometimes I would have to wait a while, however, as I needed a satellite trajectory that would pass to the northeast — where I could see the satellite and the satellite could see an earth station at the same time to make a standard mode connection. But waiting was no big deal with the GSC 100 sitting securely behind a fiddle next to the chart table, hooked up to the power cord and the yacht’s VHF antenna. I would just queue up my mail to send, and eventually it all went out and my incoming mail would arrive. Meanwhile, I could sleep or read or eat or navigate or sail or take a shower or what¬ ever — and not waste my day waving the GSC 100 out the hatch. Frankly, I think any VHF antenna with clean connections and appropriate coax will work. Tropicbird’s VHF antenna is an inexpensive regular Metz stainless whip mounted on the stem rail with about 20 feet of RG8X coax. At Hawaii YC, I helped Holly Hilton connect her GSC 100 to the masthead VHF an¬ tenna aboard her family’s Beneteau First 45.5 — which has about 60 feet of coax. It also works well. Holly sat at the Aloha Dock sending and receiving in standard mode — even though she’d never been able to do that with the GSC 100’s attached antenna. Leslie C. King III Tropicbird, Wilderness 40 Santa Fe, New Mexico Readers — During a subsequent telephone conversation. King reported that Magellan Orbcomm lived up to its claims — as long
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till WEBSITE FOR LOCAL WEATHER Do you know of a website where I can find real time weather for Sausalito? I'm looking for photos, wind speeds, tempera¬ tures, and whether it's sunny or cloudy. I come down from Santa Rosa and it would be great to know what to expect when I get there. Jay True Santa Rosa Jay — We don't know of a site that provides such detailed weather for Sausalito. Even if there was, we don't think it would be helpful. The problem is that nowhere in the Bay does the weather change as quickly or dramatically as in Sausalito. For example, one of several typical days in Sausalito goes like this: Warm and sunny from 0800 to 1300. Windy and cool from 1300 to 1700. Howling and freezing from 1700 to 1930. Light breezes and surprisingly warmfrom 1930 to 2200. Furthermore Sausalito is riddled with microclimates. In a quarter mile there can be a 20-knot difference in windspeed and a 20° difference in tem¬ perature. If we may be so bold, we think what you're looking for is actually a broader picture. We suggest you go to our links page at latitude38.com and look up Real Time Wind Patterns on San Francisco Bay. This site provides hourly updates on the windspeeds everywhere in the Bay. Armed with this informa¬ tion. you can get a realistic idea of what the weather is like — and likely to be — on the Bay. After all, often times it's idyllic in Raccoon Strait when it's howling in Sausalito. While at our links page, we also suggest you check out Real T ime Bay Views from Sybase, Inc. — which gives a view from Emeryville out toward the Golden Gate; and Real Time Slot and Treasure Island Views courtesy of KPIX. There are probably other good ones — which we'd like to hear about. As for Bay Area marine weather, check out the National Weather Service's site at <www.nws.mbay.net/marine.html>. One of our personal favorite sites is <www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/ sw.html>, which gives current wind and wave information — as well as enormous historical data —from all the weather buoys along the coast of California.
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LETTERS and the United States — and also a website data base. This is connected to a plotter that shows a chart with positions of the most recent check-ins. By typing in a boat’s name or call sign, shore-side friends can see a plot of the boat’s last 10 reported positions. Speaking to this year’s arrivals in the southwest Pacific, sev¬ eral have said how useful they would have found the scheme had they known pf it earlier. So if you're planning such a voy¬ age, why not check out the YOTREPS web site? It can be found by following the links from www.pangolin.co.rvz and, in addi¬ tion to the plotter, contains downloadable software to help with forwarding reports. If you happen to be a radio amateur — which is certainly not a prerequisite — see also: The Pacific Seafarer’s net: www.wcinet.net/~cispect/sf.htm and Ken Mayer’s plotter page: www.bitwrangler.com/yotrep. Mike Harris t Nelson, New Zealand tUIlF IT AIN'T BROKE Hey man, Latitude's website came up on my computer in one second flat. Actually it was probably less, as I expect it took me that long to look up and find the home page was already there. Do you have any idea how refreshing it is to click on some¬ thing and see it come up before your eyes? Spartan web sites are great! I’d like to see lots more of it on the web. But when I get frustrated and start to think of tossing my veiy expensive PowerBook out the window, I know I can click on over to Lati¬ tude 38's site and click away and watch pages come up before my eyes — instead of dots getting painted, one by one, before my eyelids. It ain’t broke, don’t 'fix it’ too much, okay? Doris Lea Tuck San Jose Doris — Okay.
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HU-RUNNING LIGHTS On page 52 of the September issue of Sail magazine, it’s stated that navigation lights that are mounted on the surface of a hull — and not above it — are illegal. As readers of Latitude must know, there are many boats which are equipped in just this manner. These include Catalinas, Cheoy Lees and Ericsons, to name a few. There are various good reasons to mount a lamp in the hull and not on the superstructure or pulpits. These reasons in¬ clude protection from moisture and from mechanical damage. On Cheoy Lees, the bulbs can actually be changed from inside the boat while underway without getting wet, which is kind of a nice feature. Anyway, a lot of us own boats with navigation lights mounted on the hulls, the lights work, and it would be a pain to have to replace them — if as reported in another journal — they no longer comply with the law. What's the deal on this? Robert Chave San Pedro Robert — According to the just-released updated revised third edition of The Annapolis Book of Seamanship by John Rousmaniere, "Sidelights may be placed on either side of the bow, in the shrouds, in a single lantern on the bow, or — in sailboats smaller than 66 feet — in a tricolor atop the mast." There was no mention of sidelights ip. the hull being illegal. So we consulted with Capt. Larry Hall, Commander, Group
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Mhamster wheels for the boys Here’s a quote for you: Jeanne Barbara, the mother of teenage boys Sam and Lee, was standing on the docks with me watching her sons practice capsizing and righting their Lasers. For quite a while, they seemed content to keep doing this. She finally turned to me and said, "I think we've finally found the perfect hamster wheel for the boys." Katy Patton Commodore, Rogue YC Medford, OR Katy — Responding to simultaneous mental and physical challenges is not just the 'perfect hamster wheel' for boys, but for men also. Get us out on our boat and we're perfectly content to spend the entire afternoon fiddling with the various sail con¬ trols to get the jib telltales and mainsail leech telltales flowing just so' in order to eke out an extra tenth of a knot ofboatspeed. For those searching for the meaning of life, forget the meditation robes and trips to Kathmandu, it's as close as getting your boat to sing.
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our next cruise. We used and liked the 8-foot Apex RIB we had on a South Pacific cruise a few years ago. Before buying an¬ other, however, I’d like'to benefit from the views of Latitude and your readers. Does anyone have experience with the Fatty Knees or the 8-foot Trinka? Either would stow tidily on our deck — and row better than an inflatable, of course. But inflatables are more stable. I’d value other thoughts. Derek Warton South San Francisco Derek — We pretty much said all we had to say on dinghies in the October Dinghy Intelligence article. But lets see what other readers have to say.
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Last year I wrote a letter, which was not published, in re¬ sponse to several letters to Latitude regarding cruising in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. I also mentioned the unfortunate loss of four Coast Guard Servicemen’s lives involved in the rescue of two very foolish sailors off the coast of Oregon (I believe) in the dead of winter. Even though your magazine is tailored for sailors, it is very well written and includes valuable information useful to all sectors of the marine genre. In par¬ ticular, I am retaining the October issue as a reference source for me as a first-time cruiser into Mexico. I now write to discuss some of my experiences ,in San Fran¬ cisco Bay while cruising south. The North Bay is becoming very crowded it seems. Coming down from Bodega Bay on a Sunday afternoon, after passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, I literally had to jockey and maneuver my way through various fleets of racing and cruising sailboats, which presented the potential of collisions at every turn. I made my way through this seemingly endless ’minefield’ to find there was no berthing to be had anywhere in Sausalito — including my old home port of Schoonmaker Point Marina. Both yacht clubs in Tiburon were full, and since I wasn't will¬ ing to moor at the Sausalito YC or anchor out, I crossed the Bay. I spent one long night at Pier 39, where I was charged $50 for the 'privilege' of enduring the worst marina surge I've expe¬ rienced in over 30 years of boating! I boarded an out-of-town guest and cruised around the Bay on a weekday to show her the sights. I was further unimpressed at the local sailors’ seeming disregard of common courtesy re¬ garding Rules of the Road, giving way, and so forth. There seems to be a lack of courtesy — maybe even an air of superiority — on the part of many Bay Area mariners, both power and sail. It's a mindset not unlike that of California vehicle drivers. The most alarming display of complete disregard for Rules of the Road, common courtesy, common sense, and probably ignorance of signals, happened when I entered the San Fran¬ cisco Marina. I was slowing from three knots westbound on the north side of the narrow channel and just about to reverse course to port and land starboard-to at the pump-out dock when this 50-foot flybridge, twin-screw, plastic sportcruiser came steam¬ ing alongside too fast for the conditions and situation, and with¬ out giving a signal or showing any concern at all for what he was doing. This in-a-hurry, totally ignorant, inconsiderate, anc borderline unsafe skipper passed my portside without so much as a nod! I was so shocked and so busy controlling my boat tc avoid a collision that I failed to note the vessel's name. An omis¬ sion I regret, for I would love to have had a conversation with this person! My hope would be that he learned something that day. know I did — trust no one but yourself, and be ever vigilant ou there. By the way, I had cleared -myself about a minute earlier so he must have been coming in pretty fast. I’ll never again fai
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Marty — You mean to tell us that it took you 30 years to realize that every mariner must be constantly vigilant? That's rule #1. As for the 'minefield of mariners in the Bay ignoring the Rules of the Road and common sense', we must respectfully disagree with you. Since July,, we have spent about four days a week sailing the Bay, our usual course being from Sausalito to the Cityfront, to Angel Island, back to the Cityfront, behind Angel Island, up and down Raccoon Strait a couple of times, then back to Sausalito. While it was often crowded, particularly in Raccoon Strait, we can't remember a serious incident even beginning to develop between sailors. What we frequently did notice were skippers wisely altering course well in advance to prevent inci¬ dents from beginning to develop. While this certainly doesn't mean there weren't near-misses that we didn't see, we feel the stan¬ dard of safe sailing was by far the highest we've ever seen on the Bay. Well done, most everyone! We do, however, recall four incidents of what we considered to be reckless boat operation — all of them involving powerboats, all of which were either arriving or departing from the Sausalito Channel. Two of them were big heaving pigs of recreational boats going down the Sausalito Channel at about 15 knots, sending all the boats in Sausalito Yacht Harbor pitching to and fro for about five minutes. These skippers were indeed ignorant. The other two incidents involved a Blue & Gold ferry and a commer¬ cial fishing boat returning to Sausalito, the skippers of which had apparently forgotten that they are responsible for any inju¬ ries and damages caused by their wakes. While we believe that the least government is usually the best government — and therefore have generally been against the licensing of boat operators — we've been having a change of heart. Given the idiocy on the waters, we feel it’s time for anyone who operates a motorized boat capable of more than 10 knots to be licensed. This has nothing to do with sailors being better or more intelligent than powerboaters or jet-skiers, but with the simple recognition that it's speed —far more than anything else — that damages and kills. And do we hear any seconds to a motion for there to be a 30 mph speed limit in all but a few designated places in San Francisco Bay? As for there not being any place to berth your boat in Sausalito,
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1UISAN FRANCISCO TO MARINA DEL REY I was wondering if you might have any information as to when you've run articles dealing with sailing from San Fran¬ cisco Bay to Marina del Rey? Orlando Duran Cuba Libre 2, Catalina 320 Marina del Rey Orlando — We don’t remember running any such articles, but here’s the poop: On the most basic level, you simply sail out the Gate past the South Bar; turn left and stay a couple of miles offshore; make a left at Point Conception; then wave to all the girls as you enter the breakwater at Marina del Rey. From spring to fall, you have to expect 15 to 30 knots of wind from the northwest, as well as a big swell and seas. From the middle of July on, it's not quite as windy so often. Although it's downwind sailing, it can be challenging downwind sailing — particularly off Davenport, Pt. Sur and Pt. Conception, where the wind tends to blow the hardest. Conception is doubly challeng¬ ing because the waves bunch up and become very steep. It would be unusual not to have fog some or all of the way. From late fall through early spring, there's generally much less wind. When there is strong wind, it's often out of the south as part of a stor m front. You’ll want to be in port then. You can day-hop from San Francisco to Marina del Rey, mak¬ ing stops at Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Motto Bay, Port San Luis, Point Conception, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Oxnard — among other places. The longest pas¬ sage is between Monterey and San Simeon, which is about 70 miles. Dress warmly.
fUlTROUBLE WITH THE FEDS AND/OR THE CUBES I recently sent you an article about cruising in Cuba. After reading it, one of your frequent contributors warned me to be careful not to incriminate myself by saying we spent money there, because it meant we would have been guilty of Trading With The Enemy. I guess your contributor is in a little trouble with the Feds. So do you edit that kind of stuff? Secondly, when we left our favorite spot in Cuba last July, we — like many others before us — didn’t want to beat the 70 miles to Hemingway Marina to clear out. And the Cubans wouldn't let us clear out from our favorite spot. Since we didn’t think we would be returning to Cuba in the near future, and knowing the Cuban's lack of equipment for keeping accurate records, we didn’t think this would be a problem. However, we would now like to return for Christmas. With your experience, what do you think will happen if we tried to return? C.S. California & Florida C.S. — Rather than wasting time editing self-incriminating articles about visits to Cuba, we just send them directly to The Department of Treasury's Enforcement and Incarceration Divi¬ sion. We get 20% commission on all convictions. Based on our experience, Cuban officials check-in boats us¬ ing such hi-tech gear as tiny pencil stubs and worn out scraps of paper. Seriously. The only computers they see are on television when the Home Shopping Network gets beamed down from Florida. So they're probably not going to catch you for having not cleared out. While the chance of getting caught is low, however, the bad news is that Fidel is big on punishment. For example.
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INI EX-WIVES ARE FOREVER Thank you for remembering the gallant men of Marin — such as yourself—who have gone before the honorable Judge Michael Dufficy. These men went through the revolving doors of the Family Court tall and proud — only to come out broken in spirit and broken-hearted as their children, cars, boats, and houses were taken from them. Yet they stand before the honorable Michael Dufficy know¬ ing they have finally ridden themselves of their wives — but knowing they will never rid themselves of their ex-wives. As Sterling Hayden struggled to sail away with his sons to the South Pacific, the long arm of the law stretches itself to squeeze out the last drop of blood. John — free at last — of Rose Marin County John — Suppose you're racing another boat to weather, and you get hit with an unfavorable windshift. You're entitled to a little swearing, but the sooner you can get over it and make the best of whatever situation you're left with, the better off you are. It's the same thing with divorce. We're sure it wasn't fair to you, we're sure it wasn't fair to your ex-wife — and it sure as hell wasn't fair to your kids. That's the nature of divorce. But after bitching about it for awhile — everyone's entitled to a little — try to let it go and concentrate on making the most of the rest of your life. It might not be easy, but do the best you can for your own sake. Having been divorced twice in 10 years, and having gone from being bitter to friendly with both ex-wives, we speak as experts on the subject. If nothing else, console yourself with the fact that you're not a Family Law judge who has to spend all day dealing with people who've come to hate one another.
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Made In America update. “It was like being in a candy shop!” says Bruce Schwab of a quick trip to France last month. As we wrote in last month’s Sightings, Schwab and designer Tom Wylie have partnered up to put a boat together for the next Vendee Globe Race, the non¬ stop, singlehanded race around the world that starts in Les Sables d’Olonne next November. Schwab, who will skipper the boat, wanted to see the latest thinking in deck layouts before finalizing the one on his Open 60, so he flew to Le Havre where the creme of European shorthanded race boats were massing for the TransAt Jacques Vabre 1999. Tamely nicknamed ‘Around the World of Coffee,’ in reality this is an often-brutal doublehanded dash across the Atlantic to Colombia, 4,420 miles for monohulls and 5,520 for multis.
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waiting for the green light By the time this issue hits the streets, one of the most sought-after records in sailing will either be under attack or rewritten. On October 26, adventurer/sailor Steve Fossett’s mighty 105-ft catamaran PlayStation went on standby at her berth in New York Harbor. When the weather gurus gave the green light, she and a crew of 10 — includ¬ ing fellow adventurer Richard Branson — were due to depart for a try at what could arguably be called the holy grail of record sailing records: the 2,925-mile run across the Atlantic. Once the sole domain of clipper ships, the fabled passage from the Ambrose Lighthouse (on New Jersey’s Sandy Hook Point) to the Lizard at the southermost tip of England went into the modem record books in 1905 when hard driving skipper Charlie Barr drove the 185-ft threemasted schooner Atlantic across in 12 days, 4 hours, 1 minute. That record stood for monohulls until 1997 when the Farr 80 Nicorette shaved it down to 11 1/2 days. The current monohull record is 8 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, set a year ago October by the 145ft Phillipe Briand ketch Mari-Cha III. Multihulls first broke the trans-Atlantic record back in 1980, when the late Eric Tabarly drove his trimaran PaulRicard across the pond in 10 days and change. This paved the way for a series of big French catamarans, which set new Atlantic records throughout the ‘80s. The current multihull and absolute sailing record for the Atlantic crossing is 6 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes, set in 1988 by the then 75-ft catama¬ ran Jet Services V. We say ‘then’ because the boat lives on in lengthened form as the 86-ft Explorer. (Incidentally, the powered record of 3 days, 10 hours, set by the ocean liner SS United States on her maiden voyage in 1952 was broken by a few hours in 1986 by none other than Richard Branson aboard his purpose-built powerboat Virgin Atlantic Challenger II.) To achieve this incredible record. Jet Services skipper Serge Madec averaged 18.1/2 knots. To beat it, a boat must of course average bet¬ ter than that. It’s a tall order, but one well within the capabilities of Playstation. Since the boat’s launch in December, 1998, the huge Gino Morrelli/Pete Melvin-designed cat has acquitted herself well. Off New Zealand on March 26-27 of this year, she easily knocked off the best day’s run ever recorded for a sailing vessel: 580.23 miles noon to noon, an average of 23.74 khots. Unfortunately, an electrical fire damaged the boat upon her return to Viaduct Basin and the her schedule was pushed back several months while she underwent repairs. Now ‘rested and ready,’ at presstime she awaited the nod. Then Fossett, Branson, primary helmsman Ben Wright, navigator Stan Honey, and crew Peter Hogg, Biyan Thompson, Mark Callahan, David Scully, designers Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin and an unidentified photogra¬ pher will climb aboard and attempt to make history. You can see how they did by checking www.fossettchallenge.com, or by tuning in right here next month.
free norm bennett! For almost 20 years. Norm Bennett has continued to build and op¬ erate the 200-berth Club Nautico in Cartagena, Colombia. You wouldn't think that Colombia — in many ways a dangerous place — would be such a hot cruiser destination, but it has been. About 350 boats have been stopping a year — many from the West Coast of the United States, and many staying for months — thanks almost entirely to Bennett's marina. After wandering around the Colombian jungle in the '80s, Bennett emerged to start Club Nautico. Either shortly before or after, he met continued on outside column of next sightings page
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We don’t normally devote much space on these pages to boats changing owners. But every now and then, it’s not only appropri¬ ate, it’s newsworthy. Which is why we an¬ nounce now that Elizabeth Meyer has sold the stunning J-Class yacht Endeavour. Many among you will recall that the 130ft Endeavour visited the Bay for several weeks in November of 1996. The lucky ones thrilled
Above, Steve Fossett (left) and Richard Branson. Spread, at 105 feet, ‘PlayStation’makes even Lady Liberty seem small.
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free norm — cont’d Candelaria, who would become his wife. In some respects they are an odd couple: a pale Aussie male with a fondness for rum, and a darkskinned Colombian woman often in a cloud of smoke. To say that the couple have had a tempestuous relationship would be putting it mildly, as their domestic disputes are legendary. But the two obviously have more love than anger between them, for they’ve been together all these years. As we mentioned in the beginning, Colombia is not the safest place
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to see her sailing. What eye candy that was, eh? For those unfortunates who missed the whole thing, here’s the shorthand: Endeauour was the British challenger for the 1934 America’s Cup. Despite being faster than Harold Vanderbilt’s Rainbow — Endeavour won the first two races — owner Thomas Sopwith fired the whole crew (it’s a long story)
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free norm — cont. in the world. Some of the dangers include right-wing death squads, left-wing guerillas, multitudes of people with some connection to get¬ ting coke into the United States — and a judiciaiy and a military that seem subject to the influence of money and power. (Sort of like the United States.) It's hard to know who to trust in Colombia, and often the rich and powerful try to become more that way through unscrupulous means. In any event, in February of this year Bennett was arrested and impris¬ oned for allegedly owning a boat used in an attempt to smuggle a ton of cocaine and heroin — $ 15 million worth — from Colombia to Spain. Bennett's friends don't believe the charges, as he's always evicted any boat he suspected of having anything to do with drug smuggling. He also has a good business, a wife and kids, and no reason to jeopardize any of that. Friends suggest he was framed by either drug lords wanting him to take the fall for their men or by some powerful fig¬ ures who have long coveted his valuable Norm Bennett. marina and waterfront property. According to a fax Bennett was able to send Latitude on October 19, it all started when he purchased four boats that had been damaged when hurricane Luis hit St. Martin in 1995. After fixing the boats up, Bennett ran several ads in Latitude for Spanish Main Charters — but there wasn't much interest. So he started selling the boats. The last, a Beneteau 440, was sold to a guy who, it was later discovered, had used a dead man's identification. Shortly after New Yea’rs, the boat sailed down the coast, had a huge load of continued on outside column of next sightings page
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and she went down to defeat. Endeavour eventually ended up on a Solent mudflat until the late 1980s, when 33-year-old American sailor Elizabeth Meyer acquired the boat and over the next few years spent $10 million restoring her to betterthan-new condition. Subsequent cruises and charters took the magnificent sloop to the Mediterranean, Caribbean and West Coast, where she inspired thousands and led to the ‘rebirth’ of the only other two surviving Js, Shamrock V, which is currently in the midst of an extensive rebuild, and Velsheda. which completed a restoration in 1998. “Endeavour was my pride and joy for 15 years,” says Meyer, “but people move on in life. And to be honest, the financial strain never went away. I woke up many nights with concern over whether I could afford to keep going with her.” Finding a buyer — the right buyer — was no easy task. On that count, Meyer couldn’t be happier. ‘The new owner is a wonderful person, and I’m particularly happy that he
SIGHTINGS will keep the current crew, who have been with me for seven or eight years.” The new owner — who must remain nameless until the ‘official’ announcement — has also hired Meyer’s J-Boat Management company to run the boat. So Elizabeth can maintain most of her ties to Endeavour, but she doesn’t have to worry about the bills anymore. In her offi¬ cial capacity, Elizabeth reminds us that En¬ deavour remains available for charter ($70,000 a week). She’ll be in the Caribbean for the millennium rollover (sorry, she’s booked for that night), New England next summer and at the America’s Cup 2000 cel¬ ebration in Cowes later in the year. Elizabeth is never far away from Sham¬ rock V these days, either. Brazilian owner Marco de Moraes has hired her to oversee the renovation of that first-generation wooden J (Endeavour is steel), so for 10 days out of every month, she’s over at the Pendennis Shipyard in England. So what’s next for the woman responsible for bringing these great yachts back? “We’re going to step down in size a bit,” she says. “My husband (boat restoration ex¬ pert Michael McCaffrey) and I bought a boat, sight unseen, in Oceanside, California — for $1! It’sa47-ftLawleygaffyawlbuiltin 1916. We’ve trucked her back east and pretty soon we’re going to start restoring her ourselves. Once she’s sailing, we’re going to take her down to the Bahamas for a little R&R.”
free norm — cont’d drugs fiberglassed into the hull, then took off. For whatever reason, it returned 36 hours later and anchored 400 yards from Club Nautico. A short time later and under strange circumstances, the boat was busted and Bennett was arrested for own¬ ing her. His bill of sale hasn't counted for much, and the testi¬ mony of the woman who in charge of the paperwork. Ana Belen, seems to have hurt more than it helped. Further com¬ plicating the situation is the fact that Ana Belen is Candalaria's 20-year-old neice, and she was having a Club Nautico is well-known cruiser watering hole. sexual relationship with the retired military captain who owned the ship's paperwork ser¬ vice at Club Nautico. Candalaria, nicknamed the Dragon Lady for her incendiary temper, didn't like the relationship one bit. Bennett was put in prison in February. A left-wing guerilla who had killed 56 people told him that he, a white man in mostly dark-skinned prison, needed to pay for protection. Bennett has reportedly been stabbed twice. Once the prisoners dug a hole in the wall to freedom — but Bennett fought to get back inside because the escapees were being shot. A source also told Latitude that Bennett twice paid $5,000 for lawyers to represent him. Both times the lawyers took the money and haven't been seen again. Somehow Bennett managed to get transferred to a clinic, where he continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS bennett — cont’d remains under arrest. With life so uncertain in Colombia — drug bar¬ ons have had commercial airliners shot down just to kill one rival:— and where people in the drug industry have informants everywhere, Bennett doesn't get many visitors. People in trouble in Colombia are pretty much avoided as though they are death — which they can be. Even Candalaria hesitates to visit for fear that her ferocious Latina temper will get the best of her and she'll do something that both she and Norman will later regret. We've already been told that her anger got the best of her and she threatened the female prosecutor in charge of her husband’s case. As we go to press, we’ve received a long fax — each paragraph checked off, by authorities, no doubt — which tells Bennett's story of how he was framed. Unfortunately, due to poor fax quality, it will take many hours to try to decipher it. But the last paragraph is readable: "I really resent this captivity of nine months, and the destruction of my work of 15 years. And also the mode of self-destruction that the people of Co¬ lombia are in, trying to destroy everything that works and is good for the country." Meanwhile, the normally crowded Club Nautico is becoming like a ghost town. If Bennett got framed, cruisers worry they might get framed. If you're a friend or former tenant of Bennett's, we urge you Yo at least fax him via Club Nautico at 5756605582 in Colombia. Let him know you're thinking about him and care about him — the way he used to do about you. We'd like you to help us keep this story alive so Bennett doesn't rot away in a Colombia jail on false charges. In related news, U.S. and Colombian authorities arrested 30 al¬ leged cocaine traffickers in mid-October who they claim were moving 30 tons — or $60 billion worth — a year! The amount surprised au¬ thorities, who figured all traffickers combined weren't bringing that much into the United States.
sos for Two years ago, a couple of Northern Cali¬ fornia sailors — Stan Honey, one of the world’s finest racing navigators, and Jim Corenman, who has been cruising for the last six years — worked together to estab¬ lish SailMail, a simple but inexpensive way for sailors to send and receive email while on the high seas. All that was required was an SSB radio, a common modem, a com¬ puter, and joining the SailMail Association — which they set up as a non-profit organi¬ zation. Honey says their efforts were enthusias¬ tically received by the FCC, which granted them a license. Since then, SailMail has been a big success, used with great frequency by over 200 active cruisers around the world. George Backhus of the Deerfoot 62
rudiger sets sights on next round-the-world race Sausalito-based professional sailor Mark Rudiger announced in late October that he will mount a campaign for the next Volvo (formerly Whitbread) Round the World Race, which begins in Southampton in September of 2001 and ends in Kiel, Germany, sometime in late May,
2002. Rudiger has one of These grueling, 36,000-mile marathons under his belt already. Originally signed up to co-navigate one or two legs aboard Paul Cayard’s dark-horse EFLanguage in the ‘97-’98 Whitbread, Mark was drafted for the whole enchilada when the regular navigator quit a few days before the start. It was a blessing in disguise for the lanky 45-year-old. Long considered one of the top navigators on the West Coast, Mark finally got to show his stuff in the international arena, playing a key role in EF Language's surprise win. Most regular Latitude readers — and local sailors — need little in¬ troduction to Rudiger. Many know him from several successful marine businesses he helped found: Edinger Marine, Margas, and Leech and Rudiger Sails. The rest likely know him — or his wake — on the race course. At one time or another, Mark has skippered or navigated boats to wins in just about every local event in or around the Bay, including shorthanded events such as the Singlehanded, Farallones. Among his more ‘global’ accomplishments: navigator on Larry Ellison’s ILC maxi Sayonara, for numerous wins of numerous ocean races (including the infamous ‘98 Sydney-Hobart); navigator aboard the Andrews turbosled Cheval when she got first-to-finish in the ‘95 TransPac — with a busted mast and juiy rig; winning navigator in various regattas aboard the big boats Windquest, Silver Bullet, Morning Glory, Pyewacket and Mirage; winning co-skipper of the 40-ft trimaran American Challenge in the Doublehanded Trans-Atlantic Racp, a second in the Carlsberg Singlecontinued on outside column of next sightings page
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Mark Rudiger in ‘the office’ aboard ‘EF Language’ I during the last Whitbread Round the World Race. |
SIGHTINGS sailmail MoonshacLow is a typical user — and offers this review: "I installed SailMail earlier this year be¬ fore my circumnavigation of the South Pa¬ cific. It was meant to be an interim system until I could find a satellite communications system that met my needs better than the current offerings. Not being a 'radio head' and having had experience with Inmarsat C, I must admit I was skeptical about an SSB email program. I'm not skeptical any longer. "The learning curve was fairly quick, even for me, and within a week I had sorted out which were the best time and frequency com¬ binations to use to achieve reliable daily email sessions. I have the PACTOR II mo¬ dem, which by land line standards is slow continued middle of next sightings page
rudiger — cont’d handed Trans Atlantic Race, first in the Singlehanded TransPac race. . . The list goes on and on and on. Needless to say, when Mark's dad taught this kid to sail starting at age 4, he created a monster. The idea for mounting his own round-the-world campaign has been germinating for a while. “I’d pretty much decided I wanted to do an¬ other round-the-world race,” he says. “But in a campaign like this, it’s really important to make sure you have the right group of people. And the best way to do that is to put together your own program.” Mark’s management philosophy has evolved from years of racing lots of boats with lots of crews and watching what works and what doesn’t. Discipline is important, but “fun is fast,” he says, bending the vintage Santa Cruz phrase to his philosophy that the strongest team is one that shares the decision-making and the rewards. At this early stage of the game, talking about who might be on the crew is premature. As for sponsorship, there are many doors yet to'be knocked on. But if sponsors are impressed with a track record and a game plan, they should be mightily impressed with Team Rudiger. For more on this project, log onto www.teamrudiger.com.
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— maximum 2400 baud — but is perfectly adequate for brief email messaging. At $1,100 for the equipment and $200 annual SailMail Association dues, it is a real price performer. In comparison, I used to spend about $350 a month for a lot less email on Inmarsat C — and my friends had to pay if they wanted to email me! "There are some negatives to SailMail, although I think they're relatively minor: Sometimes the two stations Eire busy during peak hours, but more stations Eire planned. In addition, there isn’t a system by which to retrieve SailMail email from a land line when the vessel is in port. (When in port, the sys¬ tem may not work as well because of local radio interference. The level of success is dependent on propagation and the quality
There are many, many worthwhile junior sailing programs around. They are run through parks and rec departments, high schools and yacht clubs. But certainly one of the most unique we’ve heard of is headquartered in lone, a tiny little burg on the western flank of Amador County. Not only do the young people in this program learn to sail, they learn how to- loft and build their own boats! Mike Flynn, an engineering professor at Sacramento State, and his wife Susan, a teacher at lone Junior High, came up with the idea three years ago. With help from Anthony Sandberg at OCSC in Berkeley, they put together a program that was embraced from the start by the Junior High and the local Lion’s Club, which put up the seed money to get things rolling. Flynn took US Sailing’s Dinghy Instructor course (“Excellent, I can’t recommend it enough.”), gathered together his old Lido 14 and a couple of donated ones on the shores of Comanche Lake, and lone Junior Sailing was bom. Flynn says equal credit also goes to school counselor John Rogers, and to sailor/mom Vicki Gilmour,and her hot Toro-racing son, J.V. (Last year’s El Toro season champion, continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS — cont’d of the radio/installation.) Lastly, SailMail email is not private and can be monitored by others with the same equipment. Still, it's great for sending normal email back and forth. For more information, contact: www.sailma.il. com." Unfortunately, we've got some bad news for George and the 250 other cruisers who have been happily using SailMail: PinOak, a for-profit outfit which offers a Cadillac ver¬ sion of the same concept, has asked the Fed¬ eral Communications Commission to not only prevent SailMail from adding additional .stations — Latitude and H.F. Radio of Alameda were going to donate $5,000 to get another station up and running in San Di¬ ego to improve service for cruisers in the continued middle of next sightings page
building on the future — cont’d junior divsion.) The participants themselves are disadvantaged 7th and 8th grad¬ ers, kids who have potential but seem to lack direction or purpose. Many 13 and 14-year-olds volunteer, but teachers and counselors ul¬ timately select 14 or 15 — a pretty even mix of boys and girls — to start each session. Ten usually finish it. One of the first orders of business is flipping a Lido 14 and having each student work with each other student getting the boat back on its feet. It helps break the ice, and shows each young person that some¬ times, cooperation is the only way to get something done. At summer’s end, each ‘survivor’ of the program gets handed a set of plans — the first two years it was for El Toros, last year for a Cape Cod Frosty. He or she is then taught how to read the blueprints, and loft the lines onto plywood. The ply is then shipped to Mule Creek State Prison where inmates cut the wood out, returning, in essence, a ‘kit’ to the students. Using donated jigs set up under a leaky old lean-to, the youngsters then build their boats over the winter. Those boats belong to the program for a year (for use by the incoming class), after which they go to the students who built them, free and clear! “That was an idea I carried over from my own childhood,” says Flynn. “I had a scout leader that helped me a lot, and I remember how good building something made me feel. Plus, that first year we didn’t really have enough boats, and I figured what better way to get some than have the kids build them?” But a prison? How in the world do you set up something like that? “Well, I knew they had a wood shop, and I knew they did community service,” Flynn says. “It also helped that the warden was a sailor." “I basically just went in and talked to the shop foreman, Mike Dowd, about what we wanted to do. He talked to his guys and it turns out one of them used to sail El Toros on Lake Merritt. He and another inmate said that 13 or 14 is when they started getting in trouble, and if milling the wood for this program could keep our kids from going down that road, they were eager to do it.” To complete the boats, students used sails donated by Sharon Hart of Hart Sail Designs in Sacramento, and gear donated by West Marine. Local people and businesses donated new drills, a gorgeous set of fam¬ ily heirloom chisels, and other items. Most graduates of the program return the next year to help coach the new kids. One of the recent newbies was young ‘John’. Classified as ‘nonresponsive’ by the school, John, they said, could not read, knew no math and had a low IQ. However, as the program progressed, John began to take more than a passing interest in sailing. When the hourlong, 100-question final exam rolled around, Flynn asked John if he wanted the questions read to him. No, he said, and sat down to get to work. Half an hour later, he was done. He didn’t miss a single ques¬ tion. “I can read,” he confided to Flynn. ‘They just don’t know it.” During the lofting of the boats, John again amazed the adults. “There’s a fair amount of math in the process, and it can be confusing for some people. But we basically explained it once to John and he got it. He even helped the other kids that were having a hard time. When it came to building, he was a natural with tools. . . .” Of course, every student is different and not all respond so dramati¬ cally. But each graduates from the program with a clearer self-image, a healthy dose of self esteem — and a cool little boat they built them¬ selves. Some talk of going on in sailing, of becoming instructors them¬ selves, of voyaging off over the blue horizon. The program has already won many awards. It even appears on a film shown worldwide by Lions International to showcase their com¬ munity involvement. And it’s expanding beyond the borders of lone. The classes have been guests of Cal Maritime and OCSC, where they enjoyed a barbecue and a Bay sail on one of the school’s Catalina 34s. Last month, Flynn and a few of his students came down to the Island YC in Alameda to show off the program. IYC wrapped a little interclub competition around it, where members of IYC, Encinal, Aeolian and continued on outside column of next sightings page
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building on the future — cont’d Richmond YC did a short tag-team course around the Estuary in El Toros built by the lone Juniors. IYC won. But, notes Flynn, “Doesn’t the host club always win?” “I’m hoping to take a version of this program to other communities,” he says. “Get a few businesses to sponsor us, spend two weeks build¬ ing boats — we cfin put together a Frosty out of hardware-store mate¬ rials for about $150 (Toros are about $400) — and a third week racing them, then give them to a program for other kids to use.” A tip of the hat to Flynn, his team and their innovative program. If you want to find out more about it, you can reach him by email at grd@ goldrush.com.
don’t drink the water: dealing with the pre-cruise blues t Once upon a time, there lived a benevolent king who loved his loyal subjects, and they loved him. All lived happily together until the day a sorcerer with a score to settle crept into the town under cover of dark¬ ness. Reaching beneath his cloak, the sorcerer produced a vial, emptied its contents: into the town’s only well, and vanished into the night. As the concoction took effect, the townspeople descended into madness. The king, whose own water supply remained untainted, was alarmed at the change he observed in his people. Leaving the safety of his castle to investigate, he was stunned to discover his once loyal subjects con¬ spiring openly to overthrow their sovereign who was, they observed, no longer like them. The king, contemplating every possible explanation for the strange affliction, concluded that it emanated from the water. Soon the fateful day arrived when the people, having decided that their king was deranged and must be deposed, stor med the castle. Slip¬ ping out a secret passage, the king dashed to the tainted well. Gazing into its murky depths, he knew what he must do. Lifting the bucket to his lips, he drank deeply. Immediately, the townspeople noticed a differ¬ ence. “The king’s madness has subsided,” they observed. With their king once again like them, the people were satisfied and everything re¬ turned to normal in the quiet kingdom.
It wasn’t until we were in the final stages of planning our summer cruise to Alaska that I questioned whether it was my turn to drink the water. Prior to that, while the trip was still theoretical and likely to fall into the category of most other ambitious trips-to-be — that is, those that never actually occur — nobody was particularly threatened by the idea. But as the event drew closer, and the likelihood of it actually occurring increased, an insidious resentment appeared. But it didn’t present itself as mere resentment; that would have been easily dis¬ missed. It came in a subtler and more pernicious form that had me questioning things I had accepted as irrefutable only a few months before. People who knew my wife and I since before we were married, and who presumably understood us almost as well as we understood our¬ selves, began wondering openly whether our marriage would survive three months confined in each other’s presence aboard a small boat. It seemed everyone suddenly had friends, or friends of friends, whose marriages had disintegrated under similar circumstances. “Why take such chances?” they reflected, “Marriages are easy enough to destroy. They don’t need any help.” Then there were the jobs. My wife had worked hard to become a key employee in a successful publishing company. I had toiled 15 years as a management consultant establishing a solid base of loyal clients who counted on me for advice. When my wife quit her job to sail to Alaska, and I contacted my clients with similar news, our friends and family were incredulous. We were accused of irresponsibly jeopardizing our children’s financial future by interrupting the family revenue stream, continued on outside column of next sightings page
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South Pacific — but also to suspend the li¬ cense for SailMail's current station. PinOak is headed by Peter Detwiler, who quickly identified himself as a "former Vice Chairman of E.F. Hutton". We took that to mean he isn't rich like the ‘.com’ kids in the Silicon Valley, but isn't poor either. He also gruffly told us that he was "responsible to 49 stockholders." In any event, Detwiler hired Raymond Kowalski to represent PinOak in their efforts to have SailMail shut down. Kowalski isn't some storefront lawyer, but in the words of Detwiler, "one of the six guys who used to run the FCC." Kowalski made three charges against SailMail: 1) That SailMail is really owned by West Marine Products for commer¬ cial purposes such as selling high speed modems. 2) That SailMail is a Private Coast Station operating with a Public Coast Sta¬ tion Emission. 3) That SailMail members were using equipment not properly imported into the U.S. Some erroneous and misleading copy in an old West Marine catalog may have en¬ couraged some paranoid people to believe that West Marine owned SailMail and there¬ fore might be using it for commercial pur¬ poses, but not if they looked into it. Indeed, West Marine doesn't even sell the modem PinOak claims they run the station to make so much money on! The second charge is a little more complicated. As best as we can understand it, it's based on whether the $200 'association fee' is equivalent to charging for calls. PinOak charges $275 a year to belong to their service, but also about $1 every time you send half a page of text. Would this be 'double charging'? The third allegation, that SailMail users are utilizing improperly im¬ ported high-speed modems, is described as "nonsense" by Honey. "It's a common, offthe-shelf product used by many hams," he explains. We called Detwiler to find out the real rea¬ son for PinOak's beef with SailMail. After all, the only reason -we could think Detwiler would get his knickers in such a twist is that the little non-profit was cutting into their business. The never-at-a-loss-for-words Detwiler proved to be very entertaining. When we asked for the correct spelling of his name, for example, he puzziingly replied, "S-T-A-L-I-N" — in what we could only as¬ sume was a reference to the former Soviet dictator who had 10 to 20 million citizens put to death. He also asked us what kind of pot we were smoking. And when we inno¬ cently asked how many subscribers PinOak had, he growled that, "It's none of your busi-
SIGHTINGS ness — besides, nobody ever tells the truth about things like that." The most humorous of all was when Detwiler insisted that PinOak hadn't filed anything against SailMail with the FCC. When pressed, he explained that it was PinOak's lawyer who had done it. Detwiler probably believes Clinton wasn't en¬ gaged in a sexual activity when he was get¬ ting his famous blow job. Detwiler didn't want to discuss the charges about SailMail being owned by West Marine or the allegedly improperly imported modems, but fell back on the allegation that . SailMail should have a private carrier license: "There's a veiy simple test. If you want to charge for traffic, you have to be a common carrier. " PinOak clearly charges a fee to be¬ long to their service and a fee for traffic; SailMail also charges a fee, but there's no charge for actually using it. So you decide whether they're charging for their service. When asked if all this wasn't really a case of a large for-profit company hiring a former FCC. honcho to use legal actions and influ¬ ence with former colleagues to squash a small non-profit that was satisfying its us¬ ers, Detwiler responded: "That's the way the system works". He also suggested that if SailMail "wasn't prepared to stand the heat, they shouldn't go into the kitchen." It was a difficult conversation in the sense that Detwiler's answers seemed elusive and he frequently took the conversation way off track. Ultimately, it did nothing to alter our suspicion that this might well be a case of a wealthy bully using his power and insider influence to crush an altruistic little non¬ profit that’s been providing great service. It's in times like this that we get to see whether our government regulatory commissioners are men and women of principle — or more like too many of their counterparts in San Francisco. Don Melcher's H.F. Radio, Latitude 38, Stan Honey, and North Sails in San Diego, all stand ready to establish a station in San Diego for email communications for cruis¬ ers in the South Pacific. The only thing that stands in the way is PinOak's complaint to the FCC. If you have any thoughts on the matter and wish to forward them to Detwiler, you can email him at sales@pinoak.com. For what it's worth, we see both Stan Honey and Jim Corenman several times a year, and consider them friends. And al¬ though we have a standing offer to pay for half of a station in San Diego to better serve the South Pacific, we've never belonged to SailMail.
don’t drink the water — cont’d “How can you walk away from the money? How will you pay for col¬ lege?” Then there was the mat¬ ter of the children. Our two daughters, aged 8 and 5, made our plans an easy tar¬ get. Over the course of sev¬ eral discussions with family and friends, we discovered how little we knew about how the kids would react: they would miss their friends, they were too young to appreciate the scenery, they would get bored during long idle hours, they would . fight with each other inces¬ santly, they would degrade physically from lack of exer¬ cise, they would fall behind in their school work (or more accurately, their preparation for the upcoming school year), they would be frightdaughters Danielle and Andrea in Alaska. ened, they would long for their own rooms, they would sacrifice pre¬ cious time with grandparents, they would miss the cat, they would lose all sense of time and conclude that they were never coming home, they would forget how to relate to children of their own age, they would drive a wedge between my wife and I, they would be constantly sea¬ sick, and they would be exposed to unthinkable dangers such as drown¬ ing and bear attacks. My wife and I, for our part, had deluded ourselves into a naively romantic version of the same events. We thought spending time to¬ gether would strengthen the family. We thought the kids might de¬ velop a special relationship with each other forged out of the simple fact that they would only have each other. We thought that mere expo¬ sure to unimaginable natural beauty would insinuate itself into their character and make them better people. We thought a summer away from cars, radio, televisions, newspaper, movies, pollution, shopping malls, billboards, and junk food would clear our heads, and that a summer’s worth of shared experiences might create lasting bonds. We thought living together in close quarters would reveal better ways to get along. And we thought we might encounter others doing similar things who would welcome us into their community. As departure time neared, the objections intensified. I, who had been carefully nurturing and protecting the dream of such a journey for years, began wondering if I was imposing a selfish fantasy on a family of reluctant participants. I started asking my wife regularly, “Do you really want to do this or are you just going along with it for my sake?” She assured me that she shared the dream. I thought she was lying. We wondered together long into the night about the morality of dragging two innocent children on a perilous adventure. I asked the kids if they were sure they wanted to go. They looked at me strangely and said, “Yes, Dad, why do you keep asking?” I figured they could no longer think for themselves as a result of my endless brainwashing. My resolve was unraveling. I found/myself looking for a graceful way out. (“Where is that bucket of water?” “Maybe we should wait a year until the kids are older.”) Concerned about effects of the trip on the children, I sought the opinion of a child psychologist. Sitting on the couch in her office, my wife and I laid out our plans. We held back nothing, afraid that if we sugar-coated the truth and the kids suffered, we would carry the guilt for life. It took only two sessions for her to render her verdict: “Do not go. Doing so will definitely damage the kids.” I was shocked, but relieved, continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS don’t drink the water — cont’d Finally, I had my out. But my wife would have none of it. ‘That woman,” she sneered, “is irresponsible and insufferable. We’re going anyway.” And go we did. What I failed to appreciate during the months prior to our depar¬ ture was the extent to which we had rocked the values of those closest to us. Our plan„it seemed, challenged their complacent lifestyle. Like the villagers who drank the water, they could not accept us being dif¬ ferent. I believe we all hear a faint voice deep within whispering “find another way.” But much conspires against heeding this voice. In truth, the fabric of our society depends on few people answering the call. What is demanded, instead, is that everyone plods stoically down the same beaten path. Many of the tentacles that conspired against our leaving, however, continued on outside column of next sightings page
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festival of Dropping in on the the National Maritime Museum Association’s Festival of the Sea on September 25-26 reminded us of running into an old friend we hadn’t seen in a few years who’s been working out and eating lots of red meat. Same familiar face, but a new strength, vitality and size that was surpris¬ ing! This is the 20th year for the Festival, which takes place on Hyde Street Pier in, on and among the museum’s fleet of historic ships. This year, it highlighted not only the rich maritime history of our area, but spe¬ cifically the 150th anniversary of the Gold
SIGHTINGS the sea Rush. The other goal of the Festival is to get more people interested in boating and other water recreation. Demonstrations and entertainment in¬ cluded a boat building challenge (inset be¬ low), booksignings, boat rides, kids activi¬ ties, living history enactments aboard the ships, knot-tying, rope splicing, tradition sailmaking — it was all there. Sponsors in¬ cluded APL, Bay Ship and Yacht Co., San Francisco Chronicle, KABL Radio, PBS Television’s Theodore Tugboat and Pepsi. If you didn’t make it this year, plan to in 2000. We’ll be there!
don’t drink the water — cont’d were more mundane. It is astonishing how monumental is the effort required to break free for even a short time. There are the bills that need paying, the house that needs renting, the garden that needs tend¬ ing, the cat that needs feeding, the cars that need starting. Which says nothing of preparing the vessel and planning the journey. In today’s world, a crumb of freedom exacts a heavy price. We are back now, having spent three months traversing 2,000 miles of pristine Alaskan coastline aboard a small boat with a family of four. The lessons we learned are as fresh and clear as Alaska’s icy water. The first revelation: there is a ‘there’ there. It exists, just beyond the castle walls, where whole communities of individuals have abstained from drinking the water. What a relief it was to find others who shared our values. Suddenly, we were no longer alone. Sitting together for hours swapping stories was intoxicating. But, it wasn’t the reminisc¬ ing that was so enticing — it was the sense of affirmation that went along with it. • And the kids thrived in ways we could scarcely have imagined. Some¬ where along the way we realized that for the first time they were actu¬ ally being raised by their own parents. Prior to that time, we shared the responsibility with baby-sitters, teachers, grandparents, and friends. At best, we were responsible for a large fraction of what went on, but never close to the majority. Suddenly we controlled all the stimuli that entered their innocent brains. Gone was the flood of inputs generated by scores of school kids and crass TV commercials. Gone were the news flashes and headlines screaming atrocities. Gone were concerns about stranger abduction and random violence. In their place stood a peaceful routine of family meals and splendid scenery, punctuated with quiet walks, kayak rides, and fishing trips. The kids responded with new found maturity and confidence. We also discovered the difference between living together and shar¬ ing a common base of operation. On land, we merely shared a house where we reconvened after a day apart. On the boat, we ate together, explored together, laughed together, cried together, read together, fished together, fought together, made up together. Everything, everyday, all day. We had to — there was nowhere else to go. To be sure, it was far from ideal. We experienced awful weather, rough seas, and all the stresses of close living. The kids fought, and so did we. There were times when we even considered quitting and head¬ ing home. The decision to press on was made jointly, as a family, with the kids weighing in as co-equals. It was the first important decision we ever made together and the kids will never forget it. Of course, looking back on the experience it seems comical that we considered caving in to the pressure and canceling our plans. The trip exceeded even our loftiest expectations. To those planning similar or even grander adventures, particularly with children, we say stay the course. Protect your dreams. And never, ever, drink the water. — kent romanoff
beyond the call Sharon and I have owned Warren Peace, a Passport 47, for eight years now and have enjoyed her immensely. We’ve sailed her all over San Francisco Bay (Clipper Cove is our favorite weekend anchorage), to the Delta and down to Half Moon Bay, but nothing is more fun than taking a week or two to sail down to,. Catalina Island to scuba dive, walk the town, and visit with the locals. Marina del Rey is also fun with its many big boats and beaches. The air is warm and the water is clear and blue; Southern California has a completely different feel than the Bay Area. We have become so enamored with Catalina that we have made September visits for five or six years straight now, waiting until after Labor Day to avoid the crowds. Our 1999 vacation went similarly, with memorable stays at Avalon and Cherry Cove and the California YC in continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS beyond — cont’d Marina del Rey. All good things come to an end, and September 24 found me flying down to LAX with two other crew members who wanted ‘the Concep¬ tion experience’. We departed MDR around 11 p.m. and motored all night. We stopped in Santa Barbara the next morning to top off fuel, then left around noon on Saturday for the trip around Point Conception and up the coast. All systems were ‘go’ until we got a little past Point Piedras Blancas, 35 miles north of Morro Bay. Just after daybreak on Sunday morning, I heard a strange noise — a noise that I had never heard be¬ fore in all the time we’ve John and Sharon Warren. owned the boat. Then the noise stopped. We kept motoring. Fifteen minutes later, I heard it again — and the transmission stopped transmitting. We had no forward gear. We were about 10 miles offshore, in big swells, no wind and thick fog. We weren't going anywhere and we were in the shipping lane! Warren Peace does have modern navigation equipment and radar so I knew exactly where we were and I could look for ships in a defensive mode. I called Coast Guard Long Beach on VHF channel 16 and asked if there was towing service between Morro and Monterey. They said no. We went through the normal questions: How many people? Are you wearing lifejackets? etc., etc. They asked if we were in any immediate danger and I told them no. I just needed help getting my boat back to Morro Bay for repairs. CG Long Beach called CG Station Morro Bay. Within minutes, Sta¬ tion Morro Bay launched 47231, their brand new 47-ft motor lifeboat with full crew. CG Long Beach and Warren Peace set up a communica¬ tion schedule every half hour so I could call in my latitude/longitude. In a little under two hours boat 47231 arrived on scene.They first asked if we were okay and then started giving me instructions on how to pass lines over from boat to boat without getting them caught in the prop of the Coast Guard motor lifeboat. The first thing that came over was a drogue for me to deploy if the seas picked up. This would keep Warren Peace from going too fast down a wave. The next thing to come over was the tow line which was prepared with a bridle. I fastened the bridle to the forward starboard and port cleats. The boat coxswain continued to talk to me over VHF 22 asking me how much the boat weighed and what was its hull speed. He didn’t want to do any damage to my boat — and didn't want any overstrained cleats flying through the air. All during this conversation, the Coast Guard crew made sure we were okay and understood what to do. They were matter-of-fact with their instructions, and most professional and courteous. Once hooked up, 47231 started paying out towline slowly like a long rubber band so as not to jerk my bow and damage the cleats. They must have reeled out 600 to 700 feet of towline. Five hours later, we were back at the en¬ trance to Morro Bay. The fog was still heavy, so the Coast Guard cox¬ swain made an announcement on channel 16 that they had my boat in tow and asked all other boats to stay clear due to lack of visibility and maneuverability in the channel. Just outside the entrance, they reeled in most of the tow line. Once in the harbor, they reeled in the remainder of the line and then maneu¬ vered their boat bow-to-bow and stem-to-stern to mine until we got to the Morro Bay YC buoys. That's where they dropped us off. Once tied up to the yacht club buoy, they asked again if there was anything else they could do before they left. I said no... unless they wanted to fix my continued on outside column of next sightings page Page 102 •
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pope stabs It was the Master’s Regatta equivalent of the shot heard ‘round the world: sailing icon Lowell The Pope’ North’s accidental de-nos¬ ing of Gary Kneeland’s J/105 Orion. The accident was caught at the moment it happened in the photo below. Orion’s bow¬ sprit is plainly visible (to left of mark) about to pretzelize the starboard stern pulpit of Mike Egan’s Sabertooth (#222). A split-sec¬ ond later, there was loud bang and the car¬ bon ‘prod’ was no more. At the subsequent protest hearing, Sabertooth helmsman Don Trask, the god¬ father of local J/Boating, was DSQed for not giving The Pope room at the crowded starboard-tack mark rounding. North could have been thrown out, too, but argued success¬ fully that bailing out to the right — as this photo bears out — would have been much worse. Neither boat suffered hull damage and all parties took the fender-bender in stride. Kneeland, in fact, lists it as a highlight of his sailing career. “De-poled by The Pope — how cool was that?”
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transmission. I have never been so happy to have the Coast Guard help me out. I don't think we as boaters give them enough credit for the good things they do in addition to making the waterways safe. Coast Guard Station Morro Bay coverage area is on average 50 miles north, 50 miles south, and 50 miles out to sea. The new 47-ft motor lifeboat that they have has cut the response time in half compared to their previous boat. I want to personally thank Coast Guard Station Morro Bay and Coast Guard Long Beach for their assistance. They were professional, courteous, concerned that the crew on Warren Peace was okay, and offered to help in any way they could. What more could you possibly ask? Special thanks to Boat Coxswain Jorge Diaz, who I believe was running the operation on 47231, Erik Westman, Adam Johnson, Chris Wright and Jeff Cable. I think there were two other people on 47231, but we didn’t get their names. —john and sharon warren Editor’s Note: The Coast Guard is not setting a precedent with this
‘Orion’ owner Gary Kneeland and the stump. Be¬ low, the moment of impact.
tow. Per current policy, they no longer routinely do non-emergency tows,
Even Trask managed a smile when he was presented with the broken pole as a souve¬ nir at the Master’s awards ceremony — autographed by most of the regatta partici¬ pants.
text, there are no commercial salvors operating on that stretch of coast¬
but instead refer them to commercial firms. However, as noted in the line. Additionally, the fact that Warren Peace was becalmed in fog in the shipping lanes was cause for concern on the Coasties’ part. By doing the tow quickly and during daylight hours, they were in essence avoid¬
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pacific cup 20th reunion — who’s in?
Lake Merritt Boating Center, the oldest sailing school in the Bay Area and one of the largest in the country, is growing in new di¬ rections. Seven generously donated vessels are now docked at the facility’s Oakland Estuary location, and a brand new headquarters just ‘downstream’ is currently under construction. Lake Merritt has been providing boating recreation and training since 1918. In 1952, the Mary Swift. clubhouse was built and sailing was added to an amazing array of watersports options. Paul Cayard is one of many well-known sailors who started on ‘the pond’ as kids. Nowadays, summer programs serve between 1,000 and 1,500 kids every year, without advertising! Adults may take part in year-round courses. For a long time, once the small-boat ba-
Seeing the ad for the Pacific Cup Race next July (see The Racing Sheet for more on that) reminded me that it will be 20 years since the
first race left Baker Beach just outside the Golden Gate and sailed for Nawiliwili Harbor at Lihue, Kauai on Saturday, June 20, 1980. The enclosed picture of Geronimo was taken just after we crossed the start¬ ing line. That’s fne behind the wheel and our two daughters, Laura and Cathy, on the grinder. My wife, Irene, was below preparing lunch. Others in the picture are Dave “Doc” Stewart (in the striking pose), navigator Chuck Wilcox (who had just returned from a five-year cir¬ cumnavigation with his family), Klaus Dehn (our chief dietician) and a guy nafned Jim, who joined our crew at 11:30 the night before the race. We had a great 14-day sail across, coming in 4th out of 8 boats in our division. Merlin beat us by three or four days. It took 24 days to get home, as we didn’t have enough fuel to motor through the Pacific High. After that trip and a couple more to L.A., we had Geronimo gutted and rebuilt by Jerry Boscow of Alameda Yacht Service, My wife and I then sailed her to Spain in 1985. The boat is still over in the Med, but we plan eventually to bring her back to the Bay, perhaps in 2001. In the meantime, I sail an Islander Freeport here (yes, actually sail it!), but long for the day when I can once again have Geronimo for more than a few weeks each summer. Having said all that, I wondered if any plans had been made for a 20th anniversary celebration of the race. The Ballena Bay Yacht Club was the first sponsoring club. Managing a race of this magnitude is certainly a major undertaking for any club, but especially one the size of Ballena Bay. They were very brave and did a fantastic job — the entire affair was well organized from start to finish. Forty-four boats started and I believe 38 crossed the finish line. None sank, but I un¬ derstand one beautiful old wooden boat from Southern California al¬ most sank but was beached near Santa Maria. Anyway, I think a 20th anniversary reunion would be fun. Has any¬ one heard of such a thing? I would be willing to help.
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Approval of auto-inflating Personal Flo¬ tation Devices has been a long time coming. Inflatable jackets and vests have been around for more than 10 years. Yet the manually-activated models were approved only two years ago. The automatic units are simply manual units that add a third redun¬ dancy to the ripcord and oral inflation tubes: a Halkey-Roberts auto inflator that trips the C02 cartridge within seconds of immersion, and inflates the vest without the wearer hav¬ ing to touch anything. "What's taken so long is the Coast Guard's reluctance to approve something that could conceivably fail and kill someone," notes West Marine's safety expert Chuck Hawley. For¬ tunately, the high reliability of units from Sporting Lives (which makes SOSpenders and the West Marine brand). Stormy Seas, Mustang, Stearns and other makers is very good. Over the years, various niggling issues have been dealt with one by one until the Coasties literally had nothing else to niggle. Niggling back the whole time was Sporting Lives president Scott Swanby, who Hawley says deserves the lion's share of credit for finally getting approval pushed through. Interestingly, though Coast Guard ap¬ proval will certainly help people select and
SIGHTINGS of the pond sics were learned, there was no clear transi¬ tion available to open water activity and many students simply stopped sailing. Thanks to several generous individuals and organizations, it’s now possible for sailors “from 8 to 68” to advance from the Lake to the Estuaiy, Bay and ocean. LMBC even has an entiy in the next Pacific Cup and a ‘Learn and Cruise’ program aboard a schooner in the Caribbean. By next summer, they will also have new headquarters. After four years of crossing 't's and dotting 'i's, the Jack London Boating and Aquatics Center finally got the official goahead earlier this year. The $2.5 million fa¬ cility, which is modeled after the very suc¬ cessful Orange Coast College Sailing Center in Newport Beach, will be located at Estuary Park, at the outflow of Lake Merritt, directly across from Marina Village. The first pilings were driven in August and the Center is scheduled for completion in June of next year. The 15,000-square-foot Center will house LMBC offices, classrooms, docks and equipment for programs in sailing and row¬ ing. For more on the Lake Merritt Boating Center, log onto www.oaklandsports.org. — mary swift
eg approval — finally wear inflatable PFDs, their non-approval' did little to prevent them being sold. In fact, with increased awareness of the dangers of going overboard (underscored by the deaths of a half-dozen sailors in Northern California waters in recent years), inflatables have been veritably flying off store shelves. Many of those are auto-inflators, and the most popu¬ lar models are those units that double as a PFD and safety harness. "We sell those by the gazillions," says Hawley, "and not just to racers. Cruisers and powerboaters buy them, too." It’s worth pointing out that Coast Guard approval does not guarantee you will sur¬ vive a dunking with an auto-inflating PFD. Last spring. Doublehanded Farallones racer Harvey Schlasky was wearing an automatic PFD that either didn't inflate or malfunc¬ tioned (it was lost during the rescue so could not be analysed). He drowned after falling off a boat and getting dragged through the water by his tether. That said, lifejackets save lives. No one can argue that. The Coast Guard's stamp of approval will likely help them save more, so it's a very good thing. But we can’t end this report without reminding you that lifejackets only work when you wear them.
we are the waterfront nutzi’s We don’t know if it was boat envy or the warm offshore winds of October, but something had much of the Sausalito waterfront behav¬ ing like paranoid morons. The following letter by the owner of a large sailboat — whose name we will omit for his own sake — was typical: "Thought there might be a story here. There is a large new megayacht tied up at Schoonmaker allegedly belonging to Lariy Ellison and sport¬ ing the name Izanamt Please read it backwards. Yes, I am paranoid and easily offended, and no, the First Amendment has not been offi¬ cially repealed. Is this just a case of poor judgement or are powerboaters forming their own political party?" For those who have been living in a cave, Larry Ellison is the guy behind Oracle Software, which has made him — depending on whether the market is up or down ;— about the 10th richest man in the world. About a week before we received the letter, a staffer for the Marin Scope weekly newspaper called to ask "how we felt" about what the name of Ellison's boat spelled when read backwards. We told him it made us feel as bad as the fact that 'dog' spelled backwards is 'god'. You'd think that people would think twice before spreading such defamatory rumors, but when it comes to dealing with the rich and famous, folks begin to behave like inbred hicks from the backwoods of West Virginia. Before long, Ellison, his captain, and the Schoonmaker harbormaster were getting inquiries from individuals and anti-defa¬ mation groups about the name of the boat. For a few days, the Schoonmaker harbormaster even locked the gate leading to the boat to prevent a parade of fools from pestering the crew. The thing that should have given these busybodies a moment's pause is Ellison's well-known deep appreciation for Japanese culture. He has a $50 million house on the Peninsula built in Japanese style; his office is Japanese: his hugely successful Farr 82 racing boat is named Sayonara, and when he purchased the late Emilio Azcarraga Milmo's 234-foot powerboat Eco, he renamed her Sakura. No, it's doesn't mean 'attack! attack! attack!', but rather 'cherry blossom,' the Japanese sym¬ bol for growth and prosperity. What makes the whole business so silly is that seemingly nobody took a moment to investigate the rumor. It took the www.google.com search engine exactly three seconds to kick out the report that Izanami is a Japanese goddess who, while standing on the Heavenly Floating Bridge with the Japanese god Izanagi, stirred the waters with a lance and shortly thereafter created the island of Onokoro. According to Japa¬ nese mythology, Izanami is the goddess who helped create the world. It's not going to mean anything to the deeply paranoid, of course, but Ellison didn't even name the yacht. She was christened Izanami by her Bermuda-based owner when she was launched in 1993. Still not convinced? Izanamis captain told the harbormaster that Ellison's par-
‘Izanami,’ spelled frontwards, is the goddess who helped create the world. ticularly disturbed by this ruckus because he's Jewish! When we passed this information along to the guy who wrote the letter at the top, his response was, "I did not know any of the above, thanks for setting me straight. No envy, I promise, but I still think it’s continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS nutzis — cont. in poor taste." Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course — and ours is that nobody has been behaving more like fascist storm troopers than the mind police' on the Sausalito waterfront who think a Japanophile shouldn't continue to have his boat retain the name of a Japanese goddess because'they don’t like the way they read it backwards. Get a life! The problem here is not someone else's poor taste, but one’s own cultural ignorance. For what it's worth, Izanami is a 192-footer with a distinct Dr. No/ Stealth fighter/military appearance. No wonder, as she was built by Lurssen with the same hull and basic structure as a navy frigate. All that's missing are the twin guns up forward and the missile package aft. She's powered by twin 5,875 hp engines — about twice the size found on similar size boats — and reportedly can cruise at 35 knots. Currently plans call for her to continue to be based out of Schoonmaker Yacht Harbor. *
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crew list party You didn’t miss the Mexico-Only Crew List Party again, did you? If so, you missed what is rapidly becoming one of the most popular cruising-oriented get-togethers of the year. There was a big turnout at the Encinal YC on October 5. As with the last two or three years, we invited those participating in our Crew List, as well as people taking part in the Millennium Baja Ha-Ha Cruising Rally (see article elsewhere in this issue). Veter¬ ans of the five previous Ha-Has, and anyone interested in maybe cruising to Mexico some¬ day. In other words, everyone was welcome. We also invited the Coast Guard and several Ha-Ha sponsors to come and do demonstra¬ tions of safety equipment.
SIGHTINGS — one of the best An estimated 350 folks showed up for one of the most fun get-togethers in recent memory. Mexico-bounders were able to talk to many Ha-Ha sponsor reps, see a 4-man (or as you can see below, multi-kid) liferaft demonstration, tour an 82-ft Coast Guard patrol boat and meet local head honcho Cap¬ tain Larry Hall (who writes our Coast Watch feature every month), and play with all sorts of flammable pyrotechnics, also courtesy of the Coast Guard. An especially satisfying in¬ teraction occurred between Ha-Ha veterans and those taking part for the first time. Our next Crew List party takes place in April and may include a helicopter rescue. Stay tuned.
coast watch Here are Coast Guard Group San Francisco's significant search and rescue cases occurring between mid-September and mid-October: September 25 — At 6:20 p.m., the San Mateo County Sheriffs Department notified us of a missing swimmer at Montara Beach. The Pillar Point Harbormaster dispatched their 32-ft Radon and rescue jetski for initial search. We launched an H-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station San Francisco and a Station Golden Gate 44-ft motor lifeboat (MLB). The MLB remained on scene until 11 p.m. and the helo, in two sorties, unsuccessfully searched until midnight. During the search, the helo deployed a datum marker buoy offshore, which eventually washed ashore. The helicopter returned for a fog-delayed first light search at 9:00 the next morning, with negative results. We calculated the average survival time for a swimmer in the 58-degree water to be 4 hours. Except for a pile of clothes left on the beach, we found no sign of the swimmer, and suspended the search at 10 a. m. October 7 through 10 marked the major events of San Francisco Fleet Week, during which 56 Group San Francisco, Coast Guard Aux¬ iliary, local police and fire vessels enforced a two-mile by 3,000-ft safety zone in San Francisco Bay for U. S. Navy Blue Angels' circling and arrival maneuvers on Thursday, practice airshow for the Blue Angels and civilian performers on Friday, the spectacular parade of Navy ships and airshow on Saturday, and the airshow on Sunday. During the 4day period, we launched on over 60 search and rescue cases Group¬ wide, escorted 3 commercial ships through the spectator fleet, and patrolled or monitored 18 other marine events in the Bay. Despite the festive atmosphere of Fleet Week, tragedy occurred elsewhere in the Group on the 9th: • At 10:50 a.m., the Sonoma County Sheriffs Department reported a missing diver at Sea Ranch, near the Gualala River. The Sonoma Sheriffs helicopter, ‘Henry One’, and Sheriffs Dive Team were joined by an H-65 helicopter from San Francisco and a Station Bodega Bay 44-ft MLB in the search effort. The H-65 searched the area until midafternoon and helped transport divers from Santa Rosa to the scene, while the MLB searched until nearly 4 p.m., when wind and surf con¬ ditions made further efforts hazardous. Though we suspended the Coast Guard search at that time, the Sonoma Sheriffs Dive Team returned the next morning and eventually found the missing diver, deceased, trapped in kelp underwater. • The San Mateo County Dispatcher called Group San Francisco at 3:06 p.m. with report of a 17-ft pleasure craft with three people aboard that capsized 100 yards from the Pillar Point breakwall. Two of the three people were recovered, while the third remained missing. The Pillar Point Harbormaster 32-ft Radon, the San Mateo Fire Dept res¬ cue boat, and a San Francisco H-65 responded and searched until sunset with negative results. The helicopter returned for first light search at 7:18 the next morning and searched until 8:35 with negative results. At 8:45 a body was reported washed ashore at Maverick’s Beach, and later confirmed to be the missing boater. We don't know if any of the three were wearing life jackets. • Though not a Group San Francisco operation, Coast Guard and Air National Guard units from the Bay Area were involved in a spec¬ tacular rescue during Fleet Week. At 9:25 on Oct 8, the Coast Guard Pacific Area Command Center in Alameda received the report of a 406 MHz EPIRB transmission from the fishing vessel Paradise Queen II, 1,100 miles west of San Francisco. A Coast Guard Air Station Sacra¬ mento C-130 Hercules launched at 11:52 a.m., and at 4:19 p.m. lo¬ cated the EPIRB aboard the 55-ft ketch Chanteuse, which had bor¬ rowed the Paradise Queen IIs EPIRB for its voyage from Hawaii to California. The Chanteuse reported that one of its crewmembers had experienced an apparent heart attack. Using the Automated Merchant Vessel Emergency Reporting (AMVER) system, the Command Center diverted AMVER participant vessel Terrier, a large auto carrier, to Chanteuse's position at 8:30 p.m., and dispatched the Alameda-based •
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coast watch — cont’d 378-ft Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell (originally scheduled to lead the Fleet Week Parade of Ships in to San Francisco Bay), carrying an Air Station San Francisco H-65 helicopter, at 9:30. Additionally, a C-130 launched at 12:30 Oct 9 to relocate the Chanteuse, finding the sailing vessel and directing the Terrier to its position at 3:30 p.m. The Terrier rendezvoused with Chanteuse at 4:49, and was able to safely transfer the patient aboard in 8-ft seas. Having closed to within helicopter range of the Terrier, the Boutwell's helo launched at 7:47 a.m. on Oct 10, hoisted the patient from Chanteuse, and then returned to Boutwell at 8:58 a.m. The Boutwell then turned east to make best speed for a ren¬ dezvous with a Moffett Field-based H-60 helicopter from the 129th California Air National Guard Air Rescue Group. The H-60 launched with its C-130 tanker/escort at 10:10 a.m., met the Boutwell at 3 p.m., and lowered three pararescuemen to the cutter to prepare the patient for transport. Hoisting the patient and pararescuemen back aboard from Boutwell at 3:20, the H-60 landed back at Moffett at 7:30 and transferred the patient to a waiting ambulance that delivered him to the Stanford Medical Center. He was later reported to be in stable con¬ dition in spite of the now-confirmed heart attack. Though a massive, multiple-day, joint-service coordinated effort, we saved his life. , — captain larry hall
Catching up with a story we first reported on last summer, adventurer Mike Horn is presently about two-thirds of the way through his walk across South America. We’ll guess that he can’t wait to go sailing when he gets to the other side. You may recall Horn was planning an ambitious project he called Latitude O — to get around the world entirely without ma¬ chinery and all within 25 miles of the equa¬ tor. And everything’s right on schedule: in fact, a little ahead of schedule. He started in June from latitude 0° in Gabon, Western Africa, and landed 4,210 nautical miles and 19 days later (10 days earlier than expected), still at zero latitude, at Macapa on the east
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short sightings FANTASY ISLAND — We couldn’t make up stuff like this if we tried. Now in the works at CBS is a new game show where 16 people will be marooned on an uninhabited island in the South China Sea for as long as seven weeks. The ‘winner’ — the last contestant left — gets $ 1 mil¬ lion. Here’s basically how it works: the 16 men and women must work together to survive, but they also know that only one of them can win. Every three days, they hold a ‘tribal council’ to deal with various issues such as food gathering and shelter building. At the end, a secret ballot is held in which participants select one member to be expelled. When it gets down to the final two, however, the seven most recently kicked off the island will decide who wins. No one named Gilligan will be al¬ lowed to enter. The show is based on a three-year-old Swedish game show with the same theme whose ratings have gone through the roof. The island chosen for the CBS version is Pulau Tiga, located off Malaysia’s Borneo coast. The first group of Robinson Crusoes will land there next April and their tales will likely be part of the fall 2000 TV. lineup. If you’re interested in applying to be a contestant — we person¬ ally never acquired much of a taste for lizard — log on to www.cbs.com and follow the prompts for the show Survivor! ANNAPOLIS — Due to the proliferation of “CB use” ofVHF Channel 16, at certain times and places it has become difficult if not impossible to reach the Coast Guard during a boating emergency. At the same time, cellphones — although vastly ‘better than nothing’ — have not always met with adequate emergency response. So the Coast Guard has given the nod to the Annapolis-based National Boating Federation to conduct an extensive survey regarding cellphone use among recre¬ ational boaters. Part of that research will be to gather information from boaters who have used cellphones during emergencies. If you’re one of those, you can contact the NBF at Box 4111, Annapolis, MD 214034111. THE DELTA — The latest non-native species to bamboozle Delta engineers and biologists is the Chinese mitten crab. A fist-sized critter with fuzzy pinchers — thus the name — it likely arrived with all the other alien flora and fauna in the Delta in the ballast water of ships. The first mitten crabs were netted only three years ago, but last year, the population had so exploded that when the fresh-water crabs mi¬ grated to brackish water to spawn in the autumn, they clogged govemcontinued on outside column of next sightings page
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Late summer is one of the loveliest times of year in the Bay Area. Winds can be iffy, but if they’re blowing, they’re often warm, gentle — and from novel directions. Clockwise from spread: sailing downwind to the Golden Gate; the only thing thicker than the raft-ups at Angel Island was barbecue smoke; Hospital Cove was packed as Indian Summer lasted almost the whole month of October; beating to wind¬ ward toward Berkeley.
SIGHTINGS coast of South America. His conveyance for this and the other waterborne legs of the trip is a basically stock Corsair F-28 trimaran, which he reports performed admirably. Mike, who learned survival skills for the Amazon jungle by living for six months with the natives there, makes about 15 to 20 ki¬ lometers a day through the rainforest. If all goes as planned, he’ll reach the west coast sometime in December, climb aboard the F28 (which was brought across the continent by his support team) and sail across the Pa¬ cific. If you want to know more about Mike or Latitude 0, check out his website at www. mikehorn. com.
short sightings — cont’d ment water pumps by the tens of thousands. This year, engineers and biologists came prepared with big screens to shield the pump intakes. Crabs caught by the contraptions are sold to a company that pro¬ cesses them into ‘organic’ fertilizer. Ironically, the mitten crab shells contain some substance that kills some types of nematodes, small parasitic worms that prey on plants. So the fertilizer, and the crabs, are in great demand. The crabs are considered a delicacy in Asia, but so far the idea of selling them to that market has met with lukewarm enthusiasm. Fears are that a mitten crab fishery here could spawn all sorts of negative scenarios elsewhere as people (illegally) ‘transplanted’ them into other freshwater systems. Interestingly, one theory holds that the overpopulation problem may go away naturally as the crabs attain equilibrium with other Delta species. A similar infestation in Germany years ago gradually dwindled, then stabilized over a 15-year period.
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LOUIS VUITTON CUF) ROUND ONE A
-iill the politics, the posing and pos¬ turing, and the pre-race hype finally ended — well, for a little while — when Round One of the Louis Vuitton Cup got underway on October 18 in the waters off Auckland, New Zealand. Eleven challeng¬
ers, all keen to earn the right to face Team New Zealand in the 30th America's Cup, showed up for the round-robin elimina¬ tions. With victories only worth one point (as opposed to four points in Round Two and nine in Round Three), it's too early to get overly excited about the scores yet — but a macro pecking order is already com¬
on the 'B' team; and three are 'C' level. So far, there have been no real surprises at either end of the spectrum — Prada,
'America True’ got the best of 'Team DC' off the starting line, going on to win their first meeting by 41 seconds. Inset, Dawn Riley. AmericaOne and Young America have emerged, as expected, as the 'glamour' teams. The French, Aussies, and particu¬ larly the Swiss are all in the basement, basically beyond help. The middle ground
"Paul Cayard is the John Eiway of sailing. He keeps reaching the Superbowl, and eventually he’ll win one." ing into focus. Though Round One wasn’t quite over as we went to press — races #10 and #11 were postponed three days due to boat carnage — it’s now obvious that three syndicates are 'A' fleet players; five are Page 110 •
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— America True, Team, Dennis Conner, Ab¬ racadabra, the Japanese, and the Span¬ ish — will be where the best action is over the next few months, as only three of these five syndicates will advance to the six-boat semi-finals in January.
The first nine races of Round One have seen a range of wind conditions — one day was even called off due to heavy winds — several collisions, equipment failures, men overboard, and even some blood¬ shed. Being the America's Cup, there was naturally some controversy, too. With six of the 11 challengers already involved in postponed races, the interna¬ tional juiy abruptly suspended all racing in Round One for 72 hours. They didn't want the first round to end over three dif¬ ferent days, citing the importance of all boats sailing the last two heats in the
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same conditions, and that all crews should have equal opportunity to pre¬ pare for the next round robin. The fact that it is not cheap to run the races (an estimated $300,000 NZ every day) may have also been a factor in pushing the races back. Several of the
one-boat teams, who are most affected, have balked at the postponement. One syndicate, America True, is currently pro¬ testing the decision. What follows is a quick and dirty 'scouting report' on the eleven challeng¬ ers, based on what we could glean from press releases and the internet (www.americascup.org). As always, accuracy was attempted, though not guaranteed. ■lii
Prada (Yacht Club Punta Ala, Frances¬ co de Angelis, ITA 45 & 48, Frers/Peterson/Egan) — The Italians are the 'no ex¬ cuse to lose' syndicate, having spent a rumored $70 million to assemble their dream team. They bought Bill Koch's
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as Doug Peterson and David Egan. Get¬ ting the latter two designers was a coup, as they were part of New Zealand's winrung design group. The Italians launched LunaRossa. the first new AC boat of the current crop, last spring and got their second boat soon af¬ ter. Cup newcomer Francesco de Angelis, a J/24 and Admiral's Cup sailor, heads up the well-practiced crew. With the ex¬ ception of tactician Torben Grael, a Bra¬ zilian, the entire crew this time are Ital¬ ians. They made quick work of their first six opponents, surviving a minor scare when mastman Simone de Mari fell over¬ board during a leeward mark rounding against the Japanese (he held on to a jib sheet and was quickly pulled back aboard). The telling moments came in the next two races, the much-anticipated match¬ ups with AmericaOne in the morning and Young America in the afternoon. Both races were tense, hand-to-hand combat affairs — with Prada winning by just 17 and 10 seconds, respectively. Boat speed between the Italians and the two U.S. boats was pretty equal, and equipment failures — a blown kite on AmericaOne and a malfunctioning spinnaker sheet shackle on Young America — ironically determined the outcome of each race. In short, Prada— the 'silver bullet' — looks pretty tough, but far from invincible. They came into Round One with a huge head start, and should finish up with a 10-0 record. Meanwhile, Young America and particularly AmericaOne are relent¬ lessly closing the gap each day. AmericaOne (St. Francis YC, Paul Cayard, USA 49 & 61, Nelson) — Shortly after announcing his own America's Cup Page 112 •
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campaign, Paul Cayard took a sabbatical to sail the '97-'98 Whitbread Race. Though some people raised eyebrows at the time, it turned out to be the best thing Cayard* could have done, as the experience and exposure he gained from winning that epic race has greatly benefitted his A-Cup campaign. His 'star' power attracted the funds and the talent to mount a serious campaign, and Cayard is eager to avenge his Cup losses in '92 (as skipper of R Moro) and '95 (skipper of Team Dennis Conner).
"He's the John Elway of sailing," claimed Gary Jobson. "He keeps reaching the Su-v per Bowl, and eventually he'll win one." Cayard and his tactician John Kostecki are probably the most aggressive 1-2 punch in the sailing world. The rest of their team (including Terry Hutchinson, Gavin Brady, Russ Silvestri, Morgan Larson, and from EF Language, Curtis Conditions for LVC-1 ranged from windy and bumpy, such as the Spain/France crossing en¬ counter below, to moderate to...
THE SOUND AND THE FURY ALL PHOTOS BOB GREISER EXCEPT AS NOTED Blewett and Josh Belsky) is equally tal¬ ented and more than up to the task, and Bruce Nelson seems to have drawn them a quick new boat (their second one will be unveiled in the later rounds). AmericaOne's only loss so far has been to Prada, and had their huge green kite not exploded half a mile from the finish line, that result would surely have been reversed. Cayard was upbeat about the loss: "The two Luna Rossa boats have been sailing for three or four months
now," he noted. "All in all, we're pretty pleased." Other than getting hit by Team Dennis Conner during pre-start maneu-
.. .just plain light. Above, 'Abracadabra' crosses in front of 'Team DC'. Both boats have been fairly unimpressive in the early going. vers (which resulted in the 72-hour delay to dry out the boat's core and repair the damage), eveiything else seems to be com¬ ing together nicely for the St. Francis team. , AmericaOne's last match-ups of Round One will be against the Aussies and then Young America. The first meeting of the two American juggernauts will be inter¬ esting, to say the least. From looking at their winning margins, and extrapolating against Young America's times, we're guessing that Cayard's group will squeak
before Dennis Conner lost it in '83, was the first group to challenge the Kiwis for the America’s Cup, and hence is the Chal¬ lenger of Record. Syndicate head John Marshall rolled their '95 Young America boats virtually straight into a four-year
training and R&D program, hiring Ed Baird (the Black Magic coach in ’95) as helmsman in '97. Also in the afterguard are Jim Brady, Kimo Worthington, Tony Rey and Ed Adams. The Farr office doesn't have much of a track record in the America's Cup, but that hasn't stopped them from designing what appears to be a pair of very quick boats. Young America has lost only to Prada, and that was only by 10 seconds — and after Young America led much of the race. In an eerie flashback to AijiericaOne's morning tale of woe, Baird's boat saw a spinnaker shackle let go dur¬ ing a jibe on the final run, allowing the
"Slow in a straight line, she grinds to a stop when tacked or turned..." by Baird and end Round One at 9-1. Young America (New York YC, Ed Baird, USA 53 & 58, Farr) — The New York YC, which held the Cup for 132 years
lucky Italians to slip though. The big test for Young America, the showdown with AmericaOne, was sched¬ uled to occur two days after we went to press. Check the internet to find out who November, 1999 •
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the Aussies and, in a sailover, the absent Swiss team. Ap¬ parently America True is very quick downwind, and with some upwind improvement, could be a solid contender to make the six-boat semi-finals. Their first race of the se¬ ries, against crosstown rivalAmericaOne, turned out to be their worst defeat, a 3:45 drubbing. With good mo¬ mentum, and with two important and winnable matches to go (Japan, Spain), the True camp was incensed when the racing was postponed to accommodate the battered fleet. They've lodged a protest, claiming that the delay prejudices oneboat teams who need to make modifica¬ tions before the November 6 start of Round Two. No word yet on the outcome of that protest, but the odds of the juiy reversing its decision seem remote.
Copa America Desaffo Espanol (Monte Real Club de Yattes Bayona/Real Club Nautico de Valencia; Pedros Cam¬ pos/Luis Doreste, ESP 47 & 56, Vrolijk) — Pedros Campos is returning for his Best seat in the house — Everyone has been third America's Cup, intent on improving sending lookouts up the rig to search for wind. over their last place finish in '95. This time, Olympic medalist Luis Doreste is won. helping with the driving and a new de¬ signer, Rolf Vrolijk, was hired for the America True single-boat shot. The (San Francisco YC, Spanish team has Dawn Riley/John been training in their Cutler, USA 51, Phil previous Cup boats Kaiko) — This is for a long time, in¬ ROUND 1 Dawn Riley's third cluding sparring with October 18 - November 5 A-Cup campaign, V nee (Wirt wrxiil Pace's French team. and her first as a Tragically, one of their ROUND 2 syndicate head. She Deo i ■ crew was killed in has assembled a practice when a flying one-boat, coed pro¬ turning block hit him Dece ... 2 January gram that lists six in the head. ithei c i(Wftn nil ■ c women among the The Spanish SEMI-FINALS two dozen crew Eire 4-4, with losses Biuary (herself, Liz Baylis, against the 'Big Three' Six challenge mos poi: i s rom • e\ ot Merrit Carey, Lisa and Nippon balanced en . Charles, Leslie against wins over W1I Egnot, Katie PetConner, Abraca¬ FINALS tibone). John Cut¬ dabra, the Aussies ler, the Japanese and the French. They ' ■: ■■■■.:■■ : n. y! skipper in '95, is will certainly finish at races ies True's helmsman, least at .500, and with Egnot, Kelvin should win at least February 19 - March 4 Harrap, and recent one of their last two ner of kes on New ■ te lend in addition Dee Smith besi of ■ :e eries matches (Swiss, in the afterguard. America True). Like True's 5-3 record is a pleasant surprise AmericaOne, the stem of the Spanish boat so far. They've lost to the 'Big Three', but is currently getting fixed, as Nippon took beat Abracadabra, Team DC, the French, a chunk out of it at the start. Later in the
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same race, which Nippon won, Spain's mastman Antonio Garcia fell overboard. He was returned to Bravo Espana by their tender, which was somehow allowed (and a moot point anyway). Spain did win the subsequent protest, which cost Nippon half a point in the standings.
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Abracadabra 2000 {Waikiki YC, John Kolius, USA 50 & 54, Bums & Dovell) — Kolius has finally returned to the Amer¬ ica's Cup fray, skippering a boat for the •first time since his NYYC challenger America 17 was knocked out in the early rounds of '87. This time, he has quietly put together a two-boat program from the drawing boards of experienced A-Cup de¬ signers Ian Bums and Andy Dovell. Each boat sports cool whale and porpoise graphics by Hawaiian muralist Wyland— maximum style points! A late cash infu¬ sion from the DeVos family (of Amway and Hoist! 'Prada' at the weather mark. Above left, 'Prada' co-designer Doug Peterson (left) and syndicate head Patrizio Bertelli.
Windquest fame) insured that Kolius would make it to the starting line. So far, the Abracadabra team hasn't pulled any rabbits out of its hat. Their 4-
Nippon Challenge (Nippon YC, Peter Gilmour, JPN 44 & 52, Hideaki Miyata) — Relying heavily on hired help, the Japa¬ nese reached the semi-finals in '92 (Dickson) and '95 (Cutler), but have never gone further. Last time, Aussie match racer Peter Gilmour coached the team, but didn't meet the residency requirements
Toshiki was clobbered in the head — knocked out, blood everywhere, broken nose, lost teeth... 5 record will inevitably fall to 4-6 when they meet Prada in their last race. They've managed to beat the trio of ’C teamers, as well as Team DC — but have lost to everyone else.
to sail. Now Gilmour is their helmsman and one of only two non-Japanese sail¬ ors on board. Their longtime design team has produced two boats, and the big-budget Japanese syndicate has high hopes of at least making the semis again. Their 4-4 record (worth just 3.5 points due to hitting Spain) should also end up at least at .500 as they have yet to go up against the Swiss and America True. Gilmour's aggressive starts and tactics have gotten the team in a bit of foul trouble thus far, and they've also — at least temporarily — lost their bowman, Shibata Toshiki, in a scary accident on day three. Toshiki was clobbered in the head — knocked out, blood everywhere, broken nose, lost teeth— by a falling spin¬ naker pole as Nippon set the kite for the final run against the Aussies. After trans¬ ferring Toshiki to a tender, Nippon re¬ sumed racing and still won by almost two minutes.
Team Dennis Conner (Cortez Racing Association, Dennis Conner/Ken Read, USA 55, Reichel/Pugh) — What would the America’s Cup be without Dennis Conner? The larger-than-life A-Cup cam¬ paigner is back for his umpteenth appear¬ ance at The Show, once again on a shoe¬ string budget that maximizes bang for the buck — a winning business strategy, though not the way to win back the Cup. Conner's effort this time around seems almost too casual — they tuned up alone (most syndicates either have two boats or another syndicate as a sparring partner), and made a big production about not cov¬ ering their boat's underbody from the public. But you can't ever count DC out — and with his usual good crew (Ken Read, Pe¬ ter Holmberg, Peter Isler, Tom Whidden) and a R/P-designed boat, this scrappy team may yet upset some of the betterheeled players. However, DC s current record of 3-5 indicates his program may be a tick off the pace. So far, their only wins have been uninspiring, coming at the expense of the Japanese (by 1:14), the Swiss (43 seconds) and the French (only November, 1999 •
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LOUIS VUITTON CUP, ROUND ONE THE 17th MAN One of the coolest aspects of the new America's Cup boats is the 17th man. The IACC’s race with a crew of 16, but they are allowed to take one more ’observer' — the 17th man — who rides in the back of the boat. The only help he or she is al¬ lowed to give is weight to windward. No other input, physical or verbal, is allowed. Chuck Riley rode as the 17ih man on America True andfiled these impressions.
Good day yesterday — got to ride as 17th crew. It's both exciting and frustrat¬ ing. Exciting to be on such a powerful ma¬ chine with such incredible sailing talent, frustrating because you can't touch a 9 seconds). TDC should beat the Aussies and lose to Young America in their last two races to finish 4-6. LeDefi Bouygues Telecom-Transiciel (UNCL, Bertrand Pace, FRA 46, Yaka De¬ sign) — With Marc Pajot and designer Philippe Briand lured away by the Swiss, a new crop of French talent has emerged.
thing or say a word during the whole race. From the back of the boat, sometimes you • can see little things that may need atten¬ tion or big things like clearing the runner blocks right next to you but you have to wait for one of the crew to run back arid handle it. All I could do was move my weight around to help out, stay out of the way and not go forward of the wheel. The loads on equipment are scary. When cer¬ tain lines are eased on the winches, the sound is deafening and you can feel the whole back of the boat jump. As1 you know we won the first race against Abracadabra mostly on downwind speed and crew work. We also held on
beautifully in an amazing tacking duai with about 53 tacks in a very short pe¬ riod of time. Our grinder strength and en¬ durance is over the top. On the last run, we flew the asymmetrical spinnaker vs. their asymmetrical sail. Even with that, our jibes were better than theirs. The second race we lost against Prado (maybe the strongest team here at the moment). However, we fared quite well against them compared to most of the other teams. We lost a bit at the start; then held them even for most of the weather leg until near the top mark which is where we lost most of the distance (and we've figured out why along with a way ol
Match racers Bertrand Pace (skipper) and Thierry Peponnet (tactician) head up a good enough team of sailors, but their very narrow boat (designed by a team of eight, including Daniel Andrieu, Bernard Nivelt and Juan Kouyoumdjian) seems medio¬ cre at best. Though they scored victories over the Aussies and the Swiss, the French team
has little to cheer about. They have al¬ ready ordered a new keel, and intend to lengthen their steed between rounds.
Australian Challenge (Cruising YC of Australia, Syd Fisher/James Spithill, AUS 29, Fluid Thinking) — Maverick big-boat sailor Syd Fisher has assembled a youth¬ ful, low-budget program for what is ex-
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correcting it). We've also reviewed tapes [and now the real-time CD race simula¬ tor Virtual Spectator) and have learned tots. This team will be very actively work¬ ing to make the boat faster and get more cut of the boat we have. Today it’s raining lightly and enough vind was forecast that they cancelled the race at the dock. Tomorrow we have just cne race, in the afternoon, against TDC. The media here are gaga over the Cup. rhey even had me live on the morning TV show. I guess there's little else to talk about with only three million people in the whole country. — chuck riley
pected to be his last shot at the America's 'iup. Young Australia, Fisher's heavily up¬ graded '95 steed, is the only old-genera:ion boat in the regatta and the only one lot stabled on Syndicate Row (their head¬ quarters is further away on a barge), rwenty-year-old James Spithill is driving Young Australia, heading up the young¬ est (no one is over 24) and least experi¬
enced crew ever to sail for the Cup. Other than a precarious 12-second victory over the equally bumbling Swiss team, the rookie Aussies have basically been cannon fodder for the other syndi¬ cates. By all accounts, how¬ ever, they have been fear¬ less on the starting line and at least sailed well upwind. Fast 2000 (Club Nautique Morgien, Switzerland; Marc Pajot/Jochen Schumann; SUI 59, Philippe Briand) — Despite some heavy hitters in the afterguard, including helmsman Jochen Schumann (three Olympic medals) and tactician Enrico Chieffi (former Star World champ), this underfunded Swiss program has been an also-ran from the beginning. Their boat, which sports a bizarre canardrudder arrangement, is painfully slow. "The one boat whose speed is beyond
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TDC), the Swiss should be back to defend their 'perfect' record.
'America True's motto is 'Rock the Boat'. So far, they've done just that down in Auckland.
boat was actually leading the French on the first beat of their seventh race. Then, adding insult to injury, the carbon fiber bulkhead supporting the running back¬ stay blocks tore loose inside the hull. Luckily their mast didn't fall when the rig went slack and, granted a 48 hour re¬ prieve for repairs (which was extended to 72 when Cayard's boat was next hit by
The following is an interview with oui Man in Auckland, George Backhus ol Moonshadow.
38: How long have you been dowr there? G.B. We arrived a few days ago, hav¬ ing battled mostly headwinds and lighj winds coming down from the South Pa¬ cific. As you know, everybody is a little spooked about this 1,200-mile passage after what happened last year. There’s another group just leaving. Weather fore¬ caster Bob McDavitt is telling them that they’ll arrive before the next low if they keep moving. 38: Are there a lot of foreign yachts there yet? G.B. I've heard that some 400 foreign yachts are expected, but so far there aren't many of them here. For example, there is space for something like 100 megayachts in the America’s Cup Basin, but so far
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OUR MAN IN AUCKLAND ere are only half a dozen. The big rush tould start early in November. 38: Is there an America’s Cup buzz in e air? G.B. Oh yes! Before I took off in May r a season in the South Pacific, there is a slight buzz about the Cup, but now s up to a dull roar. The event is in the r everywhere and people are jacked up. ley painted the America’s Cup logo on e 800-ft Sky Tower Casino, which is very ol and has a rotating restaurant, and ey've got Louis Vuitton Cup banners inging from all the lightposts in the jwntown area. The Cup is easily the bigst thing for the city of Auckland since rose out of the ocean. I was able to pull a ticket to the Openg Ceremonies, a very impressive event at was held at the Cup Village. There :re a number of speakers, including iristine Fletcher, the Mayor of Auckland:
Gary Jobson, a Cup vet and EISPN com¬ mentator; and Sir Edmund Hillary, a Kiwi who was the first man to climb Everest — and yes, he's still alive. The presentations varied from moving to humorous, and Jobson did a great job of previewing the syndicates. There were all kinds of mu¬ sic: classical, Maori, and chorus. Everyone is amazed at the job New Zealand has done so far as host of the Cup. The resources, preparation and ven¬ ues they have put up are the best ever for the America's Cup — but what would you expect from a country where sailing is the national sport? Viaduct Basin — where all the com¬ pounds, Cup Village and megayachts are — used to be a crappy part of town, but has been completely rebuilt with taste and style. Actually, there is still lots of con¬ struction going on. There used to be two restaurants in the area: now there are a
dozen. Business in the bars where I used to go — the Parnell and Ponsonby dis¬ tricts — are still busy, but seem to have lost some patrons to the hot, new trendy places in the Viaduct Basin. For example, I stopped into one of the new places at midnight last night, which happened to be a Tuesday, and the place was packed with good-looking and stylish folks. These aren’t typical waterfront restaurants like The Ramp in San Francisco or Sam’s in Tiburon, but upscale places you'd find on Fillmore, Union or Chestnut streets. The food was great, too! 38: When we first visited Auckland about 12 years ago, they rolled up the sidewalks so tight you couldn't find a fast food place — let alone a restaurant — open after 7 p.m. G.B. When I was here 10 years ago, it was a weekend and the downtown area was a ghost town. If anybody had told me
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OUR MAN IN that a decade later Auckland would be a happening place where I’d love to live. I'd have thought they were smoking a big reefer. But the Kiwis have travelled a lot and become much more cosmopolitan, so they even have their own cuisine based on their local and often unique produce. 38: How much can you see of the com¬ pounds. G.B. Most of the compounds are only about 50 yards across the water from the restaurants, so you can watch the boats being hauled and stuff. The closest thing to the shoreside action is the Cup Village Yacht Club, a floating restaurant that American Express built. I paid $450 U.S. to join for the duration of the Cup. 38: Are the races being televised live yet? G.B. No, you have to wait until 10:30 p.m. But at the Cup Village Yacht Club, you can follow each race virtually in real time on computers — at least you're sup¬
posed to be able to. It’s a typical Kiwi thing; they do great work for a low price, but they never finish anything on time. 38: Are you getting to see and rub shoulders with the Cup participants? G.B. I see them all the time in the res¬ taurants, but I haven’t tried to chitchat with anyone yet — except for those I al¬ ready know. But you see the different teams in the cafes and restaurants. Usu¬ ally a team will have a favorite hangout or two — or maybe they get a team dis¬ count. 38: What are the prices like? G.B. New Zealand’s inexpensive, but the restaurant prices in the Basin are higher than around the rest of the town, which is to be expected. But the berth fees are something else. For example. I’m pay¬ ing $4,000/month U.S. to dock my 62foot boat two blocks from the compoundst The berth fees are twice that in the America’s Cup Basin, where 100-foot
yachts are being charged $100,000 for the six months — and it’s all or nothing. Frankly, 1 prefer having my boat where she is, as the megayachts might as well be in a fishbowl with 10,000 people star¬ ing at them each day. 38: Are there many land-based foreign¬ ers who've come to watch the Trials? G.B. There are quite a few — although you can tell that many of them are more tourists than sailors. And the numbers have affected local prices. A lady on my boat was quoted $180/week U.S. for a place in Auckland, but when she showed up to take it they'd jacked the rent up by 50%. On-the-water spectating has been pretty slow, however. On the first day of racing, for example, there were only about 100 spectator boats. But everyone real¬ izes that it’s a five-month process. 38: Are the boats allowed to get close enough to see anything? G.B. My Kiwi friend Clyde runs a spec-
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AUCKLAND ator boat, and he said that in the pre-ace maneuvering, Conner came within 30 feet of them. You can always watch torn shore from places like Takapuna. fou're not that close, but it's sort of like vatching the Big Boat Series from Yellow 31uff in Sausalito. 38: Are the natives friendly? G.B. Oh yes! Give the Kiwis an excuse o drink and party, and they love it! It’s generally assumed that there is going to )e almost nonstop parties for the next five nonths. The Kiwis are very friendly, speak pretty much the same language — and fie place is crawling with lovely, friendly vomen. Sometimes the locals are so riendly you get a little suspicious. You neet a guy in a bar and you chat for a vhile, and he insists you stay at his place vith his family. It happens all the time, uid they're not ax-murderers, they're just genuinely friendly people with a great sense of hospitality. You get so many in¬
vitations from people all over the country there is no way you can accept them all. 38: What's the weather like? G.B. Right nice it’s nicer than San Francisco is in spring. Usually it makes it into the low 70s during the day. Auckland is at the same latitude south of the Equator as San Francisco is north, but there are two differences. In Auck¬ land, you get a proper summer, with 80 and 90-degree weather for months at a time. The other difference is that the weather in Auckland changes much more quickly. It can be cloudy in the morning, rainy at noon, and bright sunshine two hours later. It's warm and humid rain in the summer. 38: What's the biggest rumor? G.B. That Prada has a really fast boat and if they can sail it well they'll be the challenger. They were here a year before anyone else, had their complex going be¬ fore anyone else even had trailers, and
have really been studying the weather. In fact, they have little weather stations at each mark that send their boat the latest weather data until five minutes before the start. These guys are serious! 38: It's hard to see how one syndicate can have the fastest boat when not all of them are launched yet — but that's what makes it fun. What are you up to next? G.B. I'm getting my boat ready for this weekend's Coastal Classic. It's a 135-miler up to the Bay of Islands that attracts about 200 boats — New Zealand's biggest offshore race. When the fleet arrives in Russell, they have a big party and the bars stay open all night, and everyone gets a good piss going at the Duke of Marlborough. It's their first weekend of summer down here, like our Labor Day Weekend. 38: Anything else? G.B. Did I mention the place is crawl¬ ing with friendly and beautiful women?
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backs to leaving in December: less day¬ light, generally cooler temperahires — and even more importantly, the greater chance of getting nailed by a storm out of Alaska or a 'Pineapple Express' from the south¬ west. In the last 20 years, there has been more damage caused by such storms in November and December than by Novem¬ ber hurricanes. There are, of course, no guarantees when it comes to the weather. As such, it is the sole responsibility of each skipper and potential crewperson to study the rel¬ evant information and make their own decision as to the best time to cross the border.
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Spread; Hot and dry sailing in the southern Sea of Cortez. Insets from left: Sunsets at Z-town are special. The new marina at Marina Isla Navidad. Cabo's spectacular Lover's Beach. to develop rough ideas about what you — you may have to pull into the anchor¬ ages at Los Frailes (45 miles from Cabo) might actually do. Itinerary #1 — For The Fast Moving and/or Muertos (90 miles from Cabo). But try to avoid these as well as the tempta¬ Cruiser With A Six-Month Season To Spend tion of the bright lights of La Paz just In Mexico. The dominant factor in this sce¬ around the corner, as the more time you nario is that you'll only be able to enjoy spend at these places in the beginning, the southern part of the Sea of Cortez — the less you'll have to enjoy in the Sea of and only for a short time at the beginning Cortez while the weather is warm. You can of your cruise. In order to do this, you enjoy the others after the weather cools. have to be ready and willing to keep a fast The Sea of Cortez usually offers excel¬ pace for the first month or so. lent cruising until about the end of No¬ Assuming that you've made your peace vember — and sometimes even the middle with the slim chance of an out-of-season of December. After that, the water tem¬ hurricane, make your way down to over¬ perature rapidly plummets to well below crowded Cabo by the first week in Novem¬ what’s comfortable for swimming and div¬ ber. As soon as you've had a beer, enjoyed ing — until the middle of March the fol¬ a leisurely visit to Lover's Beach, and had lowing year. From November on, the Sea sunset cocktails at DaGeorgios, you of Cortez is also subject to Northers, which should begin the 130-mile upwind pas¬ often blow hard and cold for two to three sage to Islas Espiritu Santo and Partida. days. Some years there are many North¬ If there's too much wind or you run into a dreaded Norther — as did the group that tried this shortly after the end of Ha-Ha I
ers, some years there are only a few. But if you've sailed to Mexico for the purpose of luxuriating in warm anchorages, have your fun in the Sea of Cortez before the end of November. One of the two great cruising areas in Mexico is the 140 miles in the Sea of Cortez between La Paz and Loreto — in¬ cluding such terrific islands as Espiritu Santo, Partida, San Francisco, San Jose, Carmen and Colorado, and Baja penin¬ sula anchorages such as San Evaristo, Puerto Gatos, Agua Verde, and Puerto Escondido. In & perfect world — or in the spring and fall — you could enjoy several months savoring the unique delights of this remote and splendid desert cruising area. Unfortunately, you're probably not going to have enough time to do all of it before the water turns cool, so you'll prob¬ ably want to limit your Sea of Cortez sail¬ ing to south of San Evaristo. It's not great distances that will keep you from continu¬ ing further north — it's only an overnight sail from one end to the other — but the November, 1999 •
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Caution — La Paz is a great danger to cruisers, as over the years many grand cruising dreams sucumbed to the city's low prices, friendly people, salubrious en-
ways invited. It's only about 200 miles from Isla Espiritu Santo to Mazatlan, and the weather is usually decent. Don't at¬ tempt the crossing, however, if there is a
ages nearby that afford excellent protec¬ tion from such winds. If the pace of getting to Cabo quickly became overwhelming — it's pretty swift for cruisers with slower boats — or you need to reprovision or find yourself in need of a marina berth and/or restaurant food,
vironment, and convenient marinas. An authentic Mexican city, La Paz is just too terrific for many cruisers' own good. So if you find that you're still there after three seasons, encourage your friends to ar¬ range an intervention to get you moving again.
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If you've moved very quickly and/or enjoyed what you want of the Sea of Cortez by the 22nd or so of November, you might think about crossing the Sea of Cortez for Marina Mazatlan's traditional Cruisers' Thanksgiving — to which everyone is al-
strong Norther on the way, as the last thing you'll want is short, steep seas on the beam. Northers are usually easy to predict, so monitor the weather reports on the various cruising nets. Mazatlan is another very popular town with cruisers, and features two marinas at the north end and an anchorage in the old harbor near the center of town. Like Cabo, Mazatlan might get a little cool and windy a couple of times during the win¬ ter, but usually it's delightfully warm. There isn't much interesting cruising in the Mazatlan area, but the city's many at¬ tractions and cruiser camaraderie more
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joy part or all of the 675 miles of coast¬ line down to Acapulco. By the time many cruisers get to Mazatlan, they’re eager to slow way, way down — and there's noth¬ ing wrong with it. So at your own pace, continue on down to the nature reserve at Isla Isabella (85 miles) and then over to San Bias (44 more miles). There is more fine and generally uncrowded cruising to be enjoyed starting 15 miles further down at Chacala, Jalatembra, Punta Mita, and La Cmz, before you reach Puerto Vallarta (70 miles from San Bias). If you pass these little gems in your haste to reach the big tourist town of P.V., they're close enough that you can backtrack to most of them in a day. The only thing that you don’t want to
do on your way from Mazatlan (or Cabo) to Puerto Vallarta is to get too close to IslaTres Marias. These are prison islands, and Mexican authorities have held boats — Irv Loube s Bravura, for one — and skippers who have strayed too close. Banderas Bay — including Puerto Vallarta, La Cruz, Yelapa, and Islas Tres Marietas (not to be confused with the Islas Tres Marias) — has a tremendous num¬ ber of attractions. One of the greatest is the weather. It's five to 10 degrees warmer than Mazatlan in the winter, and is never affected by Northers. In addition, the bay has the best and most reliable sailing breeze in Mexico: 10 to 20 knots most af¬ ternoons before dying in the early evening. Puerto Vallarta proper has everything — discount stores, great restaurants, wild nightlife, a great go-cart track, and an American hospital. Most boats base out of one of the three major marinas — Ma¬ rina Paradise, Marina Nuevo Vallarta, and Marina Vallarta — or the anchorages at La Cruz or at the entrance to Marina Vallarta. But if you're an independent sort, you can find many places to drop your hook away from the crowds. The second great cruising region in Mexico is from — and including — Banderas Bay 175 miles south to Manzanillo. To learn more about the many treats of this region, check out our fea¬ ture article about Mexico’s Gold Coast in the December issue. Until then, take our word for it that it offers the best in both basic cruising and la dolce vita. Once you get to Manzanillo, you're faced with a decision. There are only two real destinations to the south, Z-town and Acapulco, which are 230 miles and 305 miles respectively. Most cruisers would pass on the 460-mile round trip — you must expect jots of motoring — were it not for the fact that Z-town is the most popular place in Mexico with active cruis¬ ers — by a wide margin. In*fact, it's not uncommon for cruising boats to be an¬ chored off La Ropa Beach for two and three months at a time. In addition to the always warm temperatures and nearly al¬ ways blue skies, the place has a special magic. So think twice before skipping it. It's another 113 miles to Acapulco, with nothing in between. Some cruisers don't care for this beautiful and bustling me¬ tropolis of one million, but we think it makes for a great change of pace from the tranquility of Z-town. If nothing else, take the bus from Z-town and spend a day or two in A-town. What a spectacular Bay!
t^egardless of how you allot your time in Mexico and how far south you go, if you've just got one season, you prob¬ ably want to be passing through Puerto Vallarta on your way north in late March. This is perfect, because the Banderas Bay Regatta — the social event of the cruisers', season plus great semi-serious racing, will be held out of Marina Paradise on March 23-26. Mark your calendar. If you have to make the Baja Bash back up to California, you’ll probably head straight from Puerto Vallarta (or Mazatlan) on the 300-mile passage to Cabo, then get on with the nasty trip north. If, how¬ ever, you'll be storing your boat in La Paz or San Carlos for the summer, or truck¬ ing her home from San Carlos, you'll have the chance to attend the week-long Sea of Cortez Sailing Week — which is way more social than competitive — at La Paz and Isla Partida. The event is usually held in the middle of April. By that time, the water has warmed up again and you have a little more time in the Sea before your season is over. Don't pass on the oppor¬ tunity. Provisos for Itinerary # 1. — There is great cruising to be had along the Pacific Coast of Baja, with great hiking, exploring, fishing, surfing and whale-watching. One cruising couple even entered one of the lagoons north of Bahia Santa Maria and made their way 60 miles south before crossing a bar back out into the Pacific! You have to be prepared for cold weather. Northers, and Pineapple Ex¬ presses — but the rewards can be tre¬ mendous. — The cold water and occasional threat of Northers notwithstanding, a number And now for something different, the jungle ride through the thick mangroves next to Tenacatita Bay. This isn't Disneyland.
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—The cold water and occasional threat of Northers notwithstanding, a number of cruisers love spending the winter in the Sea of Cortez. Most of them base out of the marinas in La Paz or at Puerto Escondido, but others enjoy it on the hook in the many anchorages. Just don't plan on doing a lot of swimming or diving be¬ tween the end of November and April. And if you spend the winter in the Sea of
The often smooth seas of the Pacific Coast of Baja make BBQ-ing underway a delightful pos¬ sibility. Will you have steaks or fresh fish? Cortez, remember that the further north you are, the harder the Northers gener¬ ally blow. If it's blowing 45 knots at Con¬ cepcion Bay, for example, it's probably blowing 35 at Loreto, 30 at La Paz, and
nothing on the other side of the tall moun¬ tains down at Cabo. Over on the main¬ land, it might be blowing 15 knots at Mazatlan. — Some people like to leave their boats at Marina Palmira or Marina de La Paz for the winter because they're good mari¬ nas, because it's not that far to commute between California and their boat, and when they come down to La Paz it's only 20 miles to world class anchorages. — It's also possible to charge back up to the Sea of Cortez for March and April before going back to Cabo for the start of the Baja Bash in May. In reality, most cruisers have become so laid-back after much of a season in Mexico that they no longer have the drive to do it. But it cer¬ tainly can be done.
JLtinerary #2, For the More Leisurely Cruiser With A Six-Month Season To Spend in Mexico. As much as we hate to say this, you're probably going to have to write off the Sea of Cortez — at least for your first
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season. If you can, store your boat in La Paz or San Carlos for the summer and return in the fall — which is the ideal time to cruise the Sea anyway. Because you’re not going to be head¬ ing up into the Sea of Cortez, you can pretty much mosey on down to Cabo whenever you want. You might even want to consider a week exploring Mag Bay. But to take full advantage of the season, tiy to make the Cape by the middle of De¬ cember. Given Cabo's lack of berthing, small anchorage, and general debauch¬ ery, you'll want to move on after just a day or so. The anchorage at Los Frailes is a good destination, as it's only 185 miles from there to Mazatlan, making it the shortest crossing to the mainland in the southern part of the Sea of Cortez. From there you can pretty much head south as per Itinerary # 1. For an interesting variation to Itiner¬ ary #2, you might consider heading straight from Cabo to your ultimate south¬ ernmost destination — say Z-town. Cruis¬ ers always have a great Christmas and
It's tranquil anchorages such as this one that make the area between La Paz and Loreto one of the two best cruising regions in Mexico. New Year's there, and once they get there, they've done most of their hard-charging for the season. After a month — or two — in Z-town, folks start making their way north, many of them stopping at Puerto
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MEXICO early in November as you can, and then immediately set sail to the southern Sea of Cortez for as long as the water is warm. We've been at Isla Partida in late Novem¬ ber when the water temperature was in the low 90s! But as soon as the weather turns, head directly down to always toasty Z-town. In middle to late February, slowly start making your way back north. After the Banderas Bay Regatta, select one of the options mentioned above.
Itinerary #4, For Those With a Full Year Or Two Six-Month Winter Seasons in Mexico. You can sail to Cabo at your own sweet pace — perhaps lingering along the Pacific Coast of Baja — because you're going to save the Sea of Cortez for later. Head over to the mainland pretty much whenever you want, and get as far south as you want before heading back north in time for the Banderas Bay Regatta. At the conclusion of that, make your way to Mazatlan and then La Paz in time for the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week — the date for which has yet to be set. If you have the whole year to cruise, spend the summer enjoying one end of
the Sea of Cortez to the othei;. However, you might want to consider a vacation from cruising in the Hades-like months of August and September. But remember. May, June and October are usually the best months in the Sea, so don't miss them. If you're going to store your boat between two six-month seasons in Mexico, also arrange it so you can make the Sea in May, June and October. No matter if you have a year or two six-month seasons, head back to the mainland in mid-November so your thinned blood doesn’t get too cold.
Puddle Jump Party. Reminder. Your only shot at the Sea of Cortez is at the veiy beginning of your trip, so if that’s impor¬ tant to you, you should get up there by the 10th of November. If the truth be told, lots of folks who plan to head to the South Pacific or else¬ where after one six-month season in Mexico quickly come to the dramatic re¬ alization that there’s no rush. The num¬ ber of people who decide to spend a sec¬ ond season in Mexico are legion. With that second season, the Sea of Cortez should slide right into your new plans.
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Itinerary #6, On The Way To Costa Rica, Panama, And Points East. You still
one of the first four itineraries that will leave you on the mainland in February, where you can make final preparations for your crossing. Cruisers leave every port on the Mexican mainland for French Polynesia, but if you’re in the Banderas Bay area around March 1, make sure you stop by for Latitude's annual Pacific
have the Sea of Cortez option at the be¬ ginning of your cruise, but it's your only chance. After making that decision, you'll want to head over to Mazatlan and work the mainland from north to south, timing your pace for a safe crossing of the Gulf of Tehauntepec. Depending on your ultimate destina¬ tion, when you leave Mexico can be criti¬ cal. It's not so much of a problem if you’ll
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CRUISING ITINERARIES be spending the summer in Costa Rica, where petty crime and the mildew asso¬ ciated with the rainy season argue against it. Nor is timing that critical if you’re go¬ ing to end up at the Pedro Miguel Boat Club inside the Panama Canal. But if you're headed on to the Rio Dulce or Florida, or Cartagena or the Eastern Car¬ ibbean, you have Caribbean weather con¬ siderations. Hurricane season, for ex¬ ample, starts in June. Secondly, if you're going to attempt to make the tough slog from Panama to Venezuela or the East¬ ern Caribbean, you want to do it between the strong winds of spring and the start of hurricane season. Say May or June.
JNTo matter what itinerary you might decide to follow or deviate from, if you're cruising for the first time, be aware that you and your relationships will be under¬ going enormous changes — and therefore just possibly some considerable stress. If you're aware of it, you can be especially nice to yourself— and the ones closest to you. Even if things are going really well.
sometimes it's wise to take a break from cruising after three to six months. Put your boat in a marina and take a bus into the mountains or fly back to the States for a week or two. Many cruisers find that leaving their boat in Mexico while they return to the States for the summer is the best thing they've ever done for their cruis¬ ing. It gives them time to acclimate to full¬ time cruising, it takes the pressure off their 'having' to have fun, it helps them remember why they went cruising in the first place, and it allows them to buy all the new cruising goodies they want for their boat. As a result, the second season in Mexico is often the most enjoyable. Then again, most cruisers — particularly those with a good sailing background — love the cruising life from day one. We certainly enjoy a sundowner or two from time to time — to say nothing of a fine bottle of wine — so we're not anti¬ alcohol. Nonetheless, please enjoy the booze in moderation, as there's nothing more pathetic than someone who has worked years to make a cruising dream
come true — only to miss it in an alco¬ holic haze. Alcohol is inexpensive and goes down easy in Mexico, and it seems like someone pushes a beer at you every two seconds. So monitor your consumption. If you discover you have a problem, there are AA meetings in English just about everywhere.
While it may sound like the antith¬ esis of cruising to some, we highly rec¬ ommend that you chose and nurture some specific purposes for your cruise — no matter if it’s becoming a great sailor, a sealife expert, a skilled mechanic, fluent in Spanish, well read, or an accomplished painter. In fact, why not use the great op¬ portunities in Mexico to develop your body, too? There are plenty of great fish and veggies and fruits in Mexico, so it's easy to eat healthy. And there will be daily opportunities to swim, dive, walk or hike to get yourself in better shape than you've been in years. Make the most of it. Mexico, no matter which way you cruise it, is ready to better your mind and body.
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MASTERS REGATTA '99
The 21st annual St. Francis YC In¬ ternational Masters Regatta — affection¬ ately known as the 'OFR' ("Old Farts' Re¬ gatta") — was another blockbuster hit this year. Held on the relatively windy week¬ end of October 1-3, the five-race series for skippers over 55 years old and crew over 45 was 'sold out' months in advance. After upgrading from J /24s to J /105s last year, seemingly everyone wanted to get in on the action. "It has evolved into the pre¬ eminent masters regatta in the world," said race founder Don Trask, not with¬ out a hint of pride in his voice. As far as we know, nothing else even comes close. We thought last year’s won¬ derful 20th edition of the Masters was going to be a one-time shot, and that this year would be anticlimactic in compari¬ son. Wrong!This time, Trask borrowed 17 boats (up from 15 last year) from the lo¬ cal J/105 fleet and filled them with an even higher caliber of senior rockstars than last year. Last year's top ten finish¬ ers were invited back (only Pelle Petterson was unable to return), along with past Masters winner John Scarborough. New this year were Star icon Bill Buchan, La¬ ser designer Bruce Kirby, Royal NZ Yacht Squadron Commodore Peter Kingston, StFYC Commodore Monroe Wingate, J/ Boat guru Bob Johnstone, and Bay Area heroes Hank Easom and Dennis Surtees. Inevitably, the level of sailing has gone up as well. The Masters are now more used to the quirky, spritpoled J/105s — a brand of sailing that wasn't around when these guys were in their prime — and some of the teams actually borrowed J/ 105s and practiced in the months lead¬ ing up to this year's event. "Itwas much more competitive than last year," claimed boatowner Jaren Leet. "The whole game has come up a few notches in just a year." The Bay served up perfect sailing con¬ ditions — 10-20 knots of breeze and the full current cycle. But even if the racing had been terrible, the shoreside portion of the weekend was another roaring suc¬ cess. "It was a true gathering of eagles, albeit somewhat 'bald eagles'," observed Tom Leweck, who did a fine job as Master of Ceremonies at Saturday night’s blue blazer dinner. The 'warm and fuzzy' vibes were so strong that, in his opening re¬ marks on Friday morning. Commodore Wingate joked, "It's a shame we have to actually go out and race now, because some people will win and others will have to lose. Maybe we should call it off and just go straight to the bar?" Needless to say, the racing went on as scheduled — with two similarly-named flag officers from the host club ending up Page 132* L• Novmber, 1999
at exact opposite ends of the fleet.
(doming out on top of the illustrious participants this year was StFYC Vice Commodore Bruce Munro, whose previ¬ ous claims to fame include a bunch of Mil¬ limeter 'world championships’, as well as some big boat titles with his Ericson 35 Wanderlust and later with the Peterson
40 Leading Lady. Though not nearly as famous as some of the other skippers, Munro — an attorney in Palo Alto during the week — has acquitted himself well in eight previous Masters attempts, includ¬ ing taking a fourth last year when the J / 105s debuted. Munro stunned the Masters early, posting impressive double bullets on the windy first day. On Saturday, Munro and
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his squad of dinghy-sailors-turnedwindsurfers (Ed Bennett, Jim Coggan, Paul Heineken and Steve Yong) fell off their torrid pace with a mediocre 0,14 performance — but, fortunately, they weren't the only ones that had problems in the brutal short-tacking duels up the Cityff ont. The team had a brief scare when bowman Yong did a face plant on a stan¬ chion, driving his front teeth through his
Spread, Cityfront pinball. Inset, winner Bruce Munro came up laughing after defending cham¬ pion Dick Deaver threw him off the dock. lower lip. Fortunately, Heineken is a doc¬ tor and Coggan is a dentist — they stitched their crewmate up in Jim's San Francisco office, no charge. Team Munro found their form again on the last day, finishing the regatta with an emphatic bullet to barely win overall.
"This was an excellent regatta, a real high¬ light of my sailing career," claimed Munro as he accepted the coveted Masters per¬ petual trophy. He drew a big laugh when he added, "I'd like to propose we sail in Millimeters next year!" Second place went to Tom 'The Cur¬ mudgeon' Leweck, the highest-mileage Mexico racer of all time and currently the editor of the must-read daily email newsNovember, 1999 •
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letter Scuttlebutt Leweck and his Bay Area minions (Anne Hendiy, Kevin Riley, Robin Sodaro and this reporter) put together a 3,2,3 series before "the wheels fell off' in the fourth race. A disastrous 15th was followed the next day by another third, good enough to tie Munro with 26 points, but no match for his three bullets on the tiebreaker. It was a nice improvement on Leweck's seventh place finish last year, accomplished by weight (all the top boats have figured out how to cram five people under the 825-pound weight limit), youth (relatively speaking), and spending lots of time in J/Boats this summer. "The 'ol Curmudgeon still has it," marvelled Sodaro. Taking the bronze was last year's run¬ ner-up, Roy Dickson of New Zealand. Dickson put together a consistent 2,7,5,9,5 series — the only Master to stay Page 134 •
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Upper left, the new Masters of the Sailing Uni¬ verse (left to right) — Bruce Munro, Steve Yong, Paul Heineken, Jim Coggan, and Ed Bennett. in single digits, 3 real tribute to the depth of this fleet. Dickson's crew, all of whom are well-known in the yachting industry, returned intact from last year: former sailmaker Chris Bouzaid and his wife Trice (daughter of maxi owner Jim Kilroy), boatbuilder Kim McDell, and sparbuilder Ben Hall. Dickson and McDell flew in from New Zealand, while the other three came out from Rhode Island. "We're half a point ahead of Deaver after two years, so we'd like to think we're now leading overall," claimed Dickson, who should be hard to beat next year. "They must have been trying to kill us on Friday!" laughed Bouzaid, who along with Dickson put New Zealand on the sailing map 30 years ago when they won
the One Ton Cup. "It was really windy, and the courses were pretty long. As we went up the last beat, I told Roy, 'I've got two tacks left in me — pick them care¬ fully!" Fourth place went to Dick Deaver, last year's winner. The wily Deaver and his crew (Carl Schumacher, Bill Stump and Fin Bevan) were players until the end, falling just a few points short of a podium finish. Fifth went to Malin Burnham, who dragged Bill Twist out of his five-year re¬ tirement to crew. Despite a 'mystery bow¬ man' (they drafted Marsha Middleton off the dock, and she apparently did a splen¬ did job for them) and a rusty tactician ("Do any of these new rules really matter?" joked Twist), they were 7, 11,1,3 after two days, and headed into Sunday's finale with a one-point lead. Burnham couldn't close the deal, however, as he stumbled
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to a lowly 12th in the last race. "But we won the Star 'gold class', the only part that really mattered!" chuckled Malin, referring to the elite group of Star world champions at the regatta — him¬ self, Lowell North, Bill Buchan, and, still crewing for North, Jim Hill. North ended up sixth, the same as last year. Unlike the other skippers, the popu¬ lar Pope' got to sail four boats in the se¬ ries: In the first race on Saturday, he was involved in a fender-bender at a crowded leeward mark rounding (see Sightings), snapping off his boat's carbon-fiber spritpole. North managed to finish (fhat race in eighth (and survived the ensuing protest), but should have been out of luck in the second race of the day. However, Florida Star sailor John Jennings had re¬ tired from the first race — and subse¬ quently the regatta — after bonking crew
Phil Gardner Pat Benedict Bruce Stone Dave Tambellini Art MacMillian Dean Dietrich Bill Booth R. Cooper/D. Deisinger Jaren leet
‘Team Curmudgeon' was a close second. From left — Kevin Riley, Anne Hendry, Tom Leweck, Robin Sodaro, and Rob Moore.
Bob Dockery with the boom (Dockery re¬ quired 30 stitches, but was well enough to attend Saturday’s dinner party). Jen¬ nings turned his boat over to North for the second race, which resulted in a deuce, the Pope's best showing. The only other uncivilized moment — other than a few shredded spinnakers — came between races on Friday. The owner of one relatively new J/105, who shall remain mercifully anonymous, somehow fell overboard during a mainsail-only jibe. "He was a real trooper," claimed skipper Dave Wyman, who went back and re¬ trieved him quickly. "He just got into some dry clothes and reappeared like nothing happened."
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always, the speeches after Sat¬ urday night's dinner were a real highlight of the three-day event. Leweck invited each skipper to step up to the podium and tell the audience "how bitchin' they are," and how they wangled their invitation to the regatta. A delightful evening ensued, full of humor, grace, history and a shared passion for sailboat racing. Burnham, the oldest Master (he's been sailing Stars against the Pope for 55 years!), declared, "Tomorrow is the Sab¬ bath, and I think all further racing should be called off!" . . . Hank Easom praised his crew for the new and innovative ways they had discovered to shrimp a kite: "We caught the salmon you're eating tonight!" . . . Lowell North confessed he and Bumham had "cheated" by practicing against each other in J/ 105s in San Diego this November, 1999 • UtruM 22 • Page 135
MASTERS REGATTA '99 summer: "Looks like I might have over¬ trained," he laughed. Bob Johnstone jokingly denied "play¬ ing-customer golf' (i.e., sandbagging to make everyone feel better). . . John Scar¬ borough commented, "One of my crew claims this was the largest collection of naked old men ever seen in the St. Francis showers!" . . Monroe Wingate announced cheerfully, "When Don invited me, he said, 'Your job is to go out and lose!' Well, I'm doing just that. Standing up here is the only time all weekend that I've been in front of any of you!" And so it went. Masters host Don Trask, a past two-time winner, got the big¬ gest round of applause — which must have been some consolation for what was an uncharacteristically bad regatta for him. "With guys like Dave Ullman and Vince Brun about to turn 55, there's pres¬ sure to raise the age limit for the Masters skippers to 60," noted Trask. "But it's an invitation-only event run by a committee of one, who only invited one guy (Jennings) under 60 anyway."
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Third place went to the talented Kiwi contingent. From left— Kim McDell, Roy Dickson, Trice and Chris Bouzaid, and Ben Hall. \ already busy planning next year's 22nd Masters, which will be held in presum¬ ably lighter winds on October 20-22. "We've had nothing but great feedback this time. If the J/105 fleet is willing, we may tiy to take it up to 20 boats next year," said Don, who mentioned Sir James
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MAJOR REPAIRS IN MEXICO As
I write the first half of this ar¬ ticle, it's 0330 on April 15, and I'm on watch a week into a so-far idyllic passage from Manzanillo, Mexico, to the Marque¬ sas. My wife Barbara and I are double¬ handing our Alameda-based Hans Chris-
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tian 43 Omar Khayyam. As I sit here look¬ ing up at the stars and thanking what¬ ever deities of fate and economics that have allowed me to be living this fantasy, I think back on the year we just spent cruising Mexico. And I wonder where we'll be come fall at the start of the South Pa¬ cific cyclone season. As is the case with most cruisers, we loved Mexico. But we also spent a lot of time with major mechanical repairs. I won’t bore you with a whole list, but they included one partial and one total engine rebuild, two complete transmission over¬ hauls, two starter motor overhauls, work on the shaft, prop and steering, and a host of lesser evils. Various parts of this work was done in major Mexican cruising ports — including Mazatlan, La Paz and Puerto Vallarta. So we had a chance to sample much of what's available. We thought this year's southbound cruisers might be in¬ terested in hearing about it. Although having major work done in Mexico does interfere with the principle objectives of Mexican cruising — sipping cold Pacipcos in pristine anchorages while soaking up the beauty of the scenery and the people — there are several good things that can be said about having the work
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done south of the border. For instance, by having the work done in Mexico rather than spending another month or season 'getting ready’ in the States, you've already put yourself in cruising mode; you're in Page 142 • LaUXmUI? • November, 1999
the sun and warmth rather than the rain and cold; you're away from the cruising kitty devouring prices of the States; and
you can spend your non fix-it time ex¬ ploring the great people, culture, food and places of Mexico.
When we left Alameda in January '98, we didn’t exactly plan on having to do so much major mechanical work so soon. But we did know that we had an engine oil leak that was going to have to be taken care of somewhere down the road. The fact that we could have it done while in Mexico played a big part in our decision to take a chance on doing it later'. On the balance, I have no regrets about deferring our mechanical work until we got to Mexico. We did learn quite a bit, however, that might be useful to others contemplating a similar decision. The lessons fall pretty much into the same categories as the things necessary to do any mechanical repairs: expertise, parts, services and tools. Mechanical expertise is plentiful — al¬ most too plentiful — in Mexico. It comes in three flavors: 1) The kind you already have (if any); 2) The kind you get for free from ocher cruisers; and 3) The kind you pay for. I was fortunate to have a pretty good grounding in basic me¬ chanical repairs from having worked my way through col¬ lege as a car and motorcycle mechanic. But other than what you pick up from own¬ ing a boat for a while, I had veiy little experience with die¬ sel engines, marine transmis¬ sions, and boat mechanical systems in general. Without some sort of basic mechani¬ cal experience, I couldn't re¬ ally recommend someone bringing their mechanical work to Mexico. The only ex¬ ception might be if they were extremely fluent in Spanish. The free advice is available in unlim¬ ited quantities — whether you want it or not. Although well-intended, it's gener¬ ally worth about what you pay for it. There is, however, a lot of expertise and experience in the cruising fleet, so if you need
help on a particular subject, it's usually not too hard to get some really useful in¬ formation — if you don't mind sorting through a lot of chatter to get to it. The expertise you pay for comes in the form of professional mechanics — and there are plenty of both Mexican and gringo mechanics available. The gringo mechanics are mostly cruisers, but it can be subdivided into those making a little money on the side while primarily cruis¬ ing, and those who have put down some form of roots and are attempting to make a business of it. While the gringo mechanics working on the side' may -— or may not — be ex¬ tremely experienced and well-qualified, re¬ member two things: 1) If they haven't gone through the trouble of 'getting legal' to work in Mexico, sooner or later Mexican Immigration is going to catch up to them — so the guy you're depending on to put your motor back together may suddenly have to up anchor in the middle of the night to avoid having his boat impounded. 2) On the side' cruiser mechanics usu¬ ally haven't been in one locale long enough to learn which are the good shops and part sources necessary to have your job done right and to have established good working relationships with them. This sourcing of parts and services is one of the most important things that a gringo mechanic will do for you in Mexico, 50 it's
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Spread, Omar Khayyam' at anchor in Fry's Harbor, g? Santa Cruz. Inset left, the engine comes out the com- If panionway. Above, waiting for parts can be hell.
not a minor consideration. Likewise, while I think it's important for any gringo mechanic in Mexico to speak pretty good Spanish, I would con¬ sider it absolutely essential for the on the side' cruiser mechanic. I learned this 'Spanish lesson' the hard way when I re¬ lied on a well-known delivery captain — who had branched out into the 'marine services' business in Puerto Vallarta. The bottom paint he assured me he'd had "lots of good experience with" turned out to have the antifouling qualities of house paint. As a result, I now spend four to six hours a week in the water with a putty knife scraping off the most amazing quan¬ tities and varieties of weed and barnacles off my newly-painted bottom. On the other hand, there are two le¬ gitimate gringo mechanics who we found to be excellent: Neill Randle on Nouia in Marina Mazatlan, and the absolutely de¬ lightful Stewart Littlejohn on Running Shoe in Marina Nuevo Vallarta. There are also a lot of good Mexican mechanics available. The great thing about Mexican mechanics is that they can fix almost anything with virtually noth¬ ing. While the coastal Mexican economy may be booming and many aspects of Mexico are now anything but Third World, this is still a culture that has always had to make do with what it has rather than going out and buying a replacement when
something breaks. There are two downsides to using Mexi¬ can mechanics. The first is that they gen¬ erally have little if any experience with boats — and probably none at all with typical boat systems. Secondly, they are accustomed to making do and patching things together without access to proper parts and materials. So even if you are willing to spring for all new parts, they prob¬ ably won't even ask you for them, and will fix your mo¬ tor to the same standard they fix their own: As good as they can under the cir¬ cumstances — which is good enough to get it working again, but with the full ex¬ pectation that the same thing will break down again in a few weeks and need to be repaired again. Finally, while a few Mexi¬ can mechanics speak a little bit of English, and some have even worked in the States for a while, you should re¬ ally be quite fluent in Spanish if you want to use a Mexican mechanic and still get the job done to stateside standards. And even then it helps to have a good techni¬ cal Spanish-English dictionary in your pocket at all times.
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oo bad Mexico doesn't have as big a surplus of parts as it does mechanics. Parts for automotive and industrial ap¬ plications are pretty easy to find in any major Mexican city. But when it comes to boat-specific parts — which is just about everything for most boat engines, trans¬ missions and so forth — forget it! These will have to come from the States, and your mechanic, whether gringo or Mexi¬ can, will not get them for you. They may point you in a direction, but in the end it’s up to you. As a result. I'd strongly rec¬ ommend bringing as many spares with you as you can carry on your boat — par¬ ticularly if you are expecting to have to do some work. These spares should in¬ clude at least one complete gasket set for every engine on the boat — main, gen¬ erator and outboards — plus repair manuals for each, spare injectors, water pumps, an oil pump and starter, and any¬ thing specific to what you know you're going to be doing. For example, if you're going to be needing an engine overhaul, at a minimum you'll want to bring bear¬ ings, rings, valve guides and maybe valves. Shipping parts and gear to Mexico from the States varies in difficulty from rela¬ tively easy to nearly impossible — depend¬ ing on where you're trying to have it shipped to. We found Puerto Vallarta to be the easiest and Mazatlan to be almost impossible. No matter where you try to ship stuff, it's going to take lots of time. And you have to accept that there will often be delays.
Mexican boatyards like Opequimar in PM are ef¬ ficient, modern operations on a par with anything North of the border. If everything goes perfectly, you may have your stuff in hand within two weeks of ordering it. Normally, it will take about a month, and waits of three months or more are not unusual. All this assumes that you or some representative is willing to November, 1999 • UtZUJi38 • Page 143
MAJOR REPAIRS IN MEXICO
run around and get the legwork done in the States. Although there are a lot of parts avail¬ able in Mexico, forget about one-stop shopping. For example, you can find a store that stocks every kind of bearing imaginable — but if you want the seal that goes next to it, you have to travel across town to the seal store. Naturally, the seal store doesn't sell the gaskets that you also need. So it's normal to have to go to three or four different places to find one item. When you multiply this by the number of items you need, and then compound it by the fact you're doing it by bus and on foot, you become familiar with the layout of towns in a big hurry. The services that you will need for major mechanical work — primarily ma¬ chine shops, rebuilders and injector shops — are easy to find in Mexican main¬ land ports. They are not as easy to find in La Paz. We found that the qualify of work varies quite a bit, but there's at least one good machine shop in Mazatlan — Romo; and in Puerto Vallarta — Gonsales. If you're in La Paz, it's necessary to travel to the agricultural machinery folks in Constitution for proper work. It's worthwhile to visit any shop be¬ fore contracting to have any work done — particularly if it's not one for which you've gotten a lot of firsthand recommen¬ dations. The shops we've visited have ranged from clean-enough-to-eat-off-thefloor, which is our personal standard for a good machine shop, to ones that had so much junk piled on the benches that it was unlikely that the workers would be able to find your parts let alone their own tools and machines. Like Mexican mechanics, Mexican machine shops are incredibly resource¬ ful, and can pretty much make anything — usually at amazingly low prices. Rebuilders for starter motors, alternators and the like are plentiful, and subject to the same comments just made about the machine shops. Rebuilders for engines and transmissions exist, but should only be used with considerable caution. We say this because of our unfortunate experi¬ ence with the "excellent Borg-Warner transmission rebuilder" we used in Mazatlan. The shop was touted as one which used only genuine Borg-Warner parts. Yet our transmission was reassembled with homemade gaskets that appeared to have been cut from the owner s childrens' school notebook paper, used parts, and a part for an automotive differential. In ad¬ dition, the snap-rings were put in back¬ Page 144 • UfcttMJS • November, 1999
wards and the precision-machined clutch housings had been beaten to a pulp with a hammer in order to remove them. In general, the transmission was so thor¬ oughly trashed that it had to be com¬ pletely overhauled again six months later in Puerto Vallarta — to the tune of half the cost of a brand new transmission! So if you're thinking of using an en¬ gine or transmission rebuild. I'd strongly recommend getting — and checking — references from the skippers of other boats he's done; supplying all the parts yourself; and insisting on being present when the work is done to make sure the parts you supply actually go into your engine/tranny. Whether or not you plan to do some or all of the work yourself, it’s important to have a really good set of tools onboard your boat. Good tools are scarce and ex¬ tremely expensive in Mexico, so Mexican mechanics and shops will generally make do with what they have — as well as lib¬ erally employing the use of a hammer or two. The 'legitimate' gringo mechanics that I worked with had their own very good tool sets, but it never hurts to have your own tools on board. In retrospect, would we have left Alameda again knowing that "we had ma¬ jor mechanical repairs ahead of us? We’re not entirely sure, but the answer is prob¬ ably ’yes’. And if I knew then what I know now — and have tried to share in this let¬ ter — about what's available and how to get things done in Mexico, the answer
Spread, anchored at a secluded cove in Mexico. Inset, Dominique, yard manager at the Carenage in Raiatea. would definitely be 'yes'. Even though we spent more time in marinas and less time at anchor than I would have liked, the fact is that we were in Mexico the whole time, and between fix-it projects got to enjoy spells in those incredible Mexican anchorages. In addition, we got to meet some great people — and learned a lot about Mexico and its way of life that we would never have been exposed to with¬ out the necessity of the mechanical work. Even better, it was a great way to learn Spanish! First light is starting to show on the eastern horizon, so it's time to put the computer away and do some of what makes life worthwhile: Watching another great sunrise at sea.
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ow that we've flown back to Cali¬ fornia, we've pulled the computer back out so we can explain why we've left our Hans Christian 43 on the hard in French Polynesia for the November to March South Pacific cyclone season. We'll also explain the alternatives and some of the grisly details that go with our decision. Three factors led us to decide to store our boat halfway along the Coconut Milk Run: Love, dread, and luck. First, we absolutely fell in love with French Polynesia — particularly the So¬ ciety Islands — so we wanted to be able
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to dawdle there as long as possible. But we didn't want this to mean that we'd have to rush through other places we figured we'd also love — such as Tonga and Fiji — in order to reach New Zealand by the end of November. Second, we dreaded the idea of bash¬ ing down to New Zealand this year, and then back up next year to do Tonga and Fiji — particularly after the horror sto¬ ries from the '98 fleet's crossing from the South Pacific to New Zealand last Novem¬ ber. The idea of an even longer — but probably less dangerous — slog up to Hawaii and then back was equally unap¬ pealing. Lastly, there were two luck issues — both of which were related to timing. We were committed to at least six weeks of travel in the U.S. during the months of October and November — which would have pushed us to one side or the other of the optimum weather window for mak¬ ing the potentially dangerous crossing from the South Pacific to New Zealand. Also, with this being a La Nina year, the consensus of weather gurus seems to be that there is a pretty low risk of cyclones in the South Pacific this season. Once we decided that we'd leave our boat in'the South Pacific, the major op¬ tions seemed to be French Polynesia or Fiji. I liked the idea of setting the boat's keel into a hole in the ground — which is the Fijian storage practice — plus the fact that the Fijian yards have weathered pretty intense cyclones with minimal
damage to stored boats. On the other hand, French Polynesia historically has a lower risk of cyclones because it’s much further to the east. Besides, leaving the boat in French Polynesia meant we could pick up where we left off — without hav¬ ing to rush west or backtrack the follow¬ ing season. We ruled out the idea of leaving our boat in the water. We’re personally not comfortable with that idea. Other cruis¬ ers — including many European owners — didn't have a problem with it. There are relatively good — but small — facili¬ ties for long term in-the-water storage. There is a small but veiy well-protected marina at Vaiare on, the east side of Moorea. In addition, there are two small marinas on northwest Raiatea; Raiatea Marina next to Raiatea Carenage, and Ma¬ rina Apooiti a mile away. All three marinas are protected by rock breakwaters, but the one at Vaiare has the advantage of being in a deep valley. All require Med-tie moorings in the ba¬ sin. All get tightly packed, so even if the ground tackle and fenders held up in a blow, there might well be enough windinduced roll to get some rigging and spars tangled. Given the other prices in French
Polynesia, those for long term berthing didn't seem unreasonable. We spent a few days at Marina Apooiti, where The Moor-
ings charter fleet is based. The transient rate was 159 Central Pacific Francs per meter per night — or a little over 50 cents U.S. per foot. The rates for long term are substantially lower. There is also Marina Taina at Tahiti's Maeva Beach, just south of the airport. It has side-ties and Med-tie docks, but it's extremely exposed. There is tremendous surge even during 25-knot blows, so we wouldn't consider'it for long-term stor¬ age, especially during cyclone season. Having decided on dry storage in French Polynesia, our choices narrowed down to the yard in the industrial Fare Ute section of Papeete, or Raietea Marine or Raietea Carenage on Raiatea. All of these dry storage facilities are busy with 'Puddle Jumpers' in what we've been told is the biggest year ever for the Coconut Milk Run. At least 20 Puddle Jumpers are staying on the hard in French Polynesia, and perhaps as many as 40. Each of the three dry storage yards have something to recommend them. The Papeete yard is concrete-paved, but it sits out on an exposed finger at the outer edge of the harbor — and seemed pretty vul¬ nerable to us. Raietea Marine and Raietea Carenage are next door to each other, so have the same weather exposure, and are both unpaved. We ended up choosing The Carenage in Raiatea is a thoroughly mod¬ ern operation right down to liability insurance covering almost Everything—except hurricanes.
Raietea Carenage based on its reputation — including good reports from our insurance carrier and from a cruiser who had November, 1999 •
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stored his boat there for two previous sea¬ sons. Dominique Goche, the yard manager at Raiatea Carenage, speaks perfect En¬ glish, and is extremely professional. He's also amazingly responsive considering that he is every bit as busy as yard man¬ agers in, the Bay Area. Raiatea Carenage carries a fire and liability policy covering theft of boat equipment or personal prop¬ erty to a maximum of 1 million CFP ($10,000 U.S.), and damage to the boat while in yard care up to 18 million ($180,000 U.S.). There are important ex¬ clusions: natural disasters, meaning cy¬ clones, and flora and fauna damage, meaning bugs and mildew. Our own boat insurance carrier. Blue Water Insurance, gave us written assur¬ ance that our boat was fully covered while in storage — provided she was placed in a secure cradle in a secure yard — both of which the Carenage provides. Blue Water even informed us that we were en¬ titled to a premium reduction rebate for the time the boat was on the hard. The Carenage has a modem Travelift and a slip that will accommodate a 9-foot draft and 15-foot beam. Our haulout was done more professionally than any since I've owned the boat — including a diver going down to position and secure the straps before lifting. On the down side, the unpaved yard can become soft dur¬ ing heavy rains. Although the wide, wellmaintained steel cradles seem unlikely to tip even on soft soil during high winds, it was a little hair-raising to watch my boat swing gently in the Travelift as they tried to motor it though the mud to her stor¬ age spot. The previous afternoon's torren¬ tial rainstorm had flooded the yard to a Page 146 •
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Fijian boatyards set the keel into a hole in the ground. The simple but effective method keeps boats safe from everything except gophers. depth of almost a foot! All ended well, though (so far), and Dominique promises that the yard will be graded and gravelcovered soon. i Another comfort was the yard's prac¬ tice of lashing boats down if a. cyclone threatens. The yard is fenced, although somewhat unimpressively, and Domin¬ ique informed me that it is watched by a neighbor at the head of the cul-de-sac on which it is located. We didn't see any evi¬ dence of a watchman or guard dogs. On the other hand, there apparently hasn’t been a theft problem and usually there's at least one person living aboard in the yard. Still, given the problems some cruis¬ ers had in Raietea this year — one night boarding and one dinghy stolen after the
including bathroom and boatyard shower, which are about what you’d expect. It also includes opening and aired twice a month, if desired. Dominique will also order duty-free supplies for you, including bottom paint, and will coordinate ordering duty-free fuel. The latter is a must, as it's $1.20 U.S./gallon duty free and $4.50/gallon taxed! We haven't used or priced any of the yard's services yet, but based on the two paint jobs we saw, their work appears excellent. Our haulout preparation was about standard for a cyclone-prone region, in¬ cluding removing all sails and deck-level running rigging, and stripping the decks of everything moveable. In addition, we were warned that thanks to an average of inches of rain a year, mildew is a problem. So besides asking Dominique to open our boat twice a month, we oriented a couple of dorade vents to hopefully cre¬ ate a little air circulation. We also tried a trick recommended by a couple of other skippers with experience in high-humid¬ ity layups: set out trays of charcoal to help absorb the moisture. We'll let you know if it works. We were also cautioned that cock¬ roaches can be a real problem, so we re¬ moved anything that looked like an easy target — such as plastic-wrapped foods. One boat even recommended removing canned goods and glass jars, as the skip¬ per claimed that they had experienced roaches getting into even these by secret¬ ing some corrosive fluid that caused the
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can or jar lid to rust through. Based on experience gained from spending my life in the cockroach-prone Florida and Ha¬ waii, I decided to take a chance on cans and jars. Again, we'll let you know! So now we’re back in the States, where the stores have everything and all the signs and speech are in English, and we've got our Angers crossed like nervous par¬ ents who just sent their kid off to college. Dominique will probably get tired of us emailing him to check on our boat, but based on our experience thus far with him and the yard staff, Omar Khayyam is in the best possible hands.
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Haul out in October? Until last month, the concept seemed as odd to us a bikini sale in January, geese flying north for the winter or, well, cows in Berkeley. But there it was, plhin as day in early October, a waiting line for the Travelift at Bay Ship and Yacht in Richmond that looked like the drive-up window to a nauti¬ cal McDonalds. Arriving early Monday morning, we had to wait while one boat was hoisted out and another splashed down before our turn came up. Another boat was pulling up to the waiting dock as we came out, and still another arrived on a flatbed truck. “The weather has a lot to do with it,” explained yard manager Steve Taft, refer¬ ring to the lovely Indian Summer that lasted nearly the entire month. "I’m a bit surprised we’re this busy, though,” he added. Of course, business wasn't nearly as brisk as in the spring and summer — yards all over the Bay were really crank¬ ing in June. We had a sneaking suspicion that procrastination might be a key element of these late haulouts. It was, after all, the reason our own boat was out at this time of year. But as we walked around the yard to take a survey (and thereby procras¬ tinate doing our own bottom a bit longer), we were surprised at the variety of jobs, people, boats — and reasons — for late summer haulouts. Here are a few of them.
Patrick and Julie Callahan Wittholz 39 cutter Santa Rosa “This is one of those boatbuilding projects that was planned to take two years,” says Patrick Callahan, who retired from a career as a sheet metal worker in September. “But it took six.” The as-yet-unnamed steel cutter is the culmination of years of sailing and dream¬ ing for the Callahans, whose cruising ex¬ perience reaches back into the ‘60s when Patrick built his first boat, a Piver tri¬ maran, and made many trips to Catalina. Later, in the mid-’80s, the Callahans cruised to Mexico and home aboard an Albin Vega. More recently, Patrick par¬ ticipation in the ‘97 Baha Ha-Ha aboard Colin Hiller’s Dream III. Patrick had pretty much settled on a steel boat for his ultimate cruising ves¬ sel, but it wasn't until he spotted Bob Van Page 148 • UWwk?? • November, 1999
Blaricom’s Sea Bear— a sistership to the boat in these photos — in Tiburon that he knew that’s the one he wanted. Bob was very helpful in setting him up with the right people, which included metal ‘master craftsman’ Gary Webb. Gary did the main structural cutting and welding on the boat, which was built within a
"NOW OR NEVER!" A1 Colescott New Moon — Skorgenes 41 Napa River A1 (left) was not a happy camper when we ran into him at the yard. His lovely 40-year-old wood sloop was on the hard because she had be smacked a month earlier by an out-of-control mud scow while in her slip on the Napa River. The barge also damaged nearby docks and snapped off two 13-inch pilings. Damage to New Moon included sprung seams, separated railings and several gouges out of her gleaming white topsides. And the lovely weather wasn't exactly helping mat¬ ters any. “Hot and diy is not good for wood boats,” he said. New Moon had been out of the water for two weeks awaiting decisions from the insurance company, and that was about the limit. He was paying the seams over the weekend in prepara¬ tion for splashing her back down on Monday. “Any longer and the seams will start opening up,” he explained. A1 has done a ton of work to the boat in the 10 years he’s owned her, all in preparation for going cruising in 2001. If the insurance settlement comes through and the boat can be brought back to the condition she was before the barge hit her, he and wife Janice will still be able to make that departure date. Got our fingers crossed for you, buddy.
Paul and Cindy Baker Lionheart of Devon,
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stone’s throw of Highway 101 in Santa Rosa. Patrick completed the spacious, functional interior himself. , The boat arrived at the yard by truck. Julie did christening honors (above) on October 22. After the rig is installed, Patrick and Julie plan to move aboard and start preparing for the big cruise south
next year. ♦ Of the pushed-back building schedule, Patrick shrugs and smiles. “Things that are worthwhile usually aren’t easy,” he says. “For me, the whole boatbuilding process has been very rewarding and we’ve met so many nice people that we kind of feel we’ve started cruising already!”
Paul and Cindy are picking up where they left off about a year ago. They de¬ parted Vancouver for the Big Cruise in December of‘97 and, unlike most, headed north, spending the winter on Vancouver Island and working up into Alaska the next summer. Then they turned around and headed south. They stopped in the Bay Area last September to visit friends and, wouldn’t you know it, were offered jobs so appealing that they decided to in¬ terrupt the cruise. For the next year, Paul, an engineer, worked as project manager on a major rebuild of the Monterey Bay Aquarium research vessel Western Flyer in Alameda. Lionheart of Devon, named for Paul’s homeland in England, was hauled for a quick and simple bottom job when we caught up with the Bakers. After that, they planned to put her back in the wa¬ ter and head out the Gate right away — before any more offers came along!
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Ken Hopkins Seraphim — Shannon ‘Tom Thumb’ Cotaii October marked the first haulout for Ken’s salty steel 29-footer. He launched
the boat just two years ago after 8 years of building her in the backward of his condo in Cotati. “My neighbors were very
understanding,” he notes. Ken ‘found’ the boat under a Bruce Roberts logo in the back of a Cruising World magazine and bought the plans — which were actually drawn by Graham Shannon — for $99. Although he had no prior boatbuilding experience (or sailing experience for that matter), the combina¬ tion of his career as a metal fabricator at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond and ‘a
Cary Smith Pele — Yankee 30 Redwood City “We’re out now because we really wanted to get a paint job on the boat before it starts raining — and it’s now or never,” says Smith, left. The mast was also out awaiting new standing rig¬ ging. The biggest job, how¬ ever, was cutting a large chunk out of the bottom of the boat to to install an¬ other engine and prop shaft in the 25-year-old Yankee. Cary and wife Renee Henault have owned the
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portfolio of ideas’ from Bruce Roberts that came with the plans stood him in good stead. Sailing the boat regularly since her 1997 launch, he couldn’t be happier with his choice. “She’s strong, safe and sails like the Dickens,” he smiles. To our eye, the boat and bottom ap¬ peared perfect and growth-free at haulout. But Ken found a few bubbles here and there in the paint, particularly around the
boat since January. As they are in the midst of building a 57-ft Roberts steel boat in Seattle (they normally spend six months there and six months in the Bay Area), they weren’t really look¬ ing for another project, but a friend in Redwood City noticed the Yankee and gave them a call. They bought the boat in January and have been ‘re¬ charging the sailing batteries’ by knocking around the Bay with her since. Once out of the yard, they’ll make a quick trip south to Mexico to recharge the ‘cruising batteries’ and then bring the boat either back here or to Seattle. Cary was taking time out from his career as a homebuilder to work on
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keel where the boat sometimes plows a bit of a furrow coming into her marina. Hopkins keeps the boat in the Chevron Yacht Harbor, a little-known enclave (for employees only) just east of Port San Pablo. After a couple days of priming and grinding, he put on two new coats of bot¬ tom paint and was on his way. Eventu¬ ally, Ken hopes to live out the cruising dream that took hold years ago when he read Robin Lee Graham’s Dove — to take off for far horizons with wife Julie, daugh¬ ter Ashley and son Matthew.
the boat, but Renee was out ‘on as¬ signment’ — as a firefighter battling the huge Shasta County fire. "She'll be surprised when she sees the new paint job" (at right), he smiles. Eventually, Cary and Renee will make it back down south for some se¬ rious cruising on the big boat. Cary hopes it won’t be quite as exciting the leg of their last Mexican voyage in 1982, when they put their doubleender on a train in Manzanillo and lived aboard her for two and a half weeks as they crossed to the Caribbean side. “It was like Raiders of the Lost Ark the whole way!” laughs Cary. “We’ve never been so scared, excited, concerned or hysterical since.”
Wilson’s 41-ft steel lug-rigged schoo¬ ner was built of Corten steel in the early ‘80s. But when Richard got her from ‘some lawyer’, she was in a bad way. “When I first looked at the boat, the batteries were completely dry and the bat¬ tery charger was on,” he says. This effectively ren¬ dered the boat a cathodic time bomb. Upon sur¬ vey, the surveyor actually was able to push through the steel plating with his thumb in several places. “I think the epoxy coating on the in¬ side of the hull was the only thing that kept it from sinking,” says Wilson. Despite the flaws, Wilson had always liked the Gazelles — a 45year-old design of which Tom Colvin once said more than 600 had been built world¬ wide. So he bought her and the patches started going on. When done, Richard was
tickled to discover there were a total of 31 of them. Having recently retired (he now consults with high-tech companies part-time) from a company that special¬
ized in using prime numbers in image and data compression, Wilson says, “31 is a prime number, so it just seemed natural to name the boat Prime Fusion.” It’s been almost three years since the patch job, and Richard was pleased to find there was no more indication of any electolysis on the boat. However, several patches of bottom paint (which had last been applied in cool, moist conditions) were loose or missing. After a thorough pressure washing (above) and priming. Prime Fusion got two coats of “the good stuff and was headed back to her slip at Treasure Island — a slip Wilson had ‘won’ in a lottery a couple of years ago. “TI is a great place to keep a boat, although with all the new things happening there, I think the rent may start going up.” Eventually, he and significant other Deborah West plan to cruise the boat to the South Pacific, where Richard hopes to use his technical expertise to set up satellite communication projects for edu¬ cation and commerce uses.
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Jim and Trish Benson Genie — Custom 56-ft ketch Gold Hill, Oregon
Jim. But the cruise south, complete with 50-knot storm winds off Newport, Oregon, shook loose a few items that needed attention, such as the bronze rudder pintles. They showed the tell¬ tale 'pinking' that indicates the zinc has leeched out. Thus weakened, they can fail easily. So the rudder was off (that's it being used as a workbench) and new pintles, new cutlass bearing and new bottom paint were going on. In fact, Jim an Trish were working like dogs to get dozens of little jobs done while the getting was good. Speaking of dogs, the boat’s sole crewmember was also kept busy dur¬ ing the haulout — greeting people and finding shady spots. "Bubba really does good on the boat,” Jim says of the big mixed breed. “Dolphins are his favorite thing. He doesn't bark, but he really likes to watch them.”
“We’re here because it’s cold and rainy in Oregon right now — and we needed to get stuff done!” says Jim (right, with Trish and Bubba). Pur¬ chasing Genie was the start of a new life for the couple, who are both semiretired photojournalists and biomedi¬ cal engineers. Genie was built in Ja¬ pan in 1966 of double-planked ma¬ hogany on oak frames. The Benson's acquired her about three months ago, and once they picked her up in Gig Harbor and headed south, they didn’t look back. Once out of the yard, they will secure a local berth, live aboard and sail our local waters in prepara¬ tion for the big cruise to come in a year or two. The boat herself got back from her first circumnavigation a year ago, says
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Rock and roll — Mike Condon's Farr 40 'Endur¬ ance' chutes down the Cityfrontin the Stone Cup.
found insights into the state of affairs in HDA and OYRA, mainly because we're incapable of such deep thinking. The facts are these: In '99, HDA had 102 boats en¬ tered and 41 qualified (i.e. sailed in at least half of the 10-12 races, depending on the class). Last year, 97 boats entered and 49 qualified. One class disappeared this year (HDA-M was merged with HDA-L), and several others — notably the multihulls
and non-spinnaker group —likewise j seem headed for the tar pits. The situation in OYRA is even grim-! mer: Eighty-seven boats entered the ocean series this summer, yet only 10 managed I to qualify (i.e., sail in at least 6 of the 9} races). That's down from 23 qualifiers (out 1 of 87 entries) in '98, which in turn was I down from 43 qualifiers (of 107 entries)! in '97. Don't kill the messenger, but we’re | starting to detect a certain trend here. But rather than dwell on these statis-f tics, let's move right along and meet our I
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DIV..J— 1) Mintaka, C&C 36, Gerry Brown, BYC; 2) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix, SSS; 3) Fat Bob, Catalina 38, Robert Lugiani, CPYC/SBYC. (12 en¬ tered; 7 qualified) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Wind Dragon, Catalina 34, Dave Davis, BVBC; 2) Starfire, Catalina 34, Robert Engelhart, OYC; 3) Bear Territory, Catalina 34, David Smith, RYC. (7 entered; 0 qualified) SF 30-FOOTERS — 1) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin, RYC; 2) Preparation J, J/30, R.Tostenson, TYC; 3) Jeannette, Tartan 10, H. King, BYC. (10/7)
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"This was a 'learning' season for us," admitted Hillsborough's Don Payan, who bought the first ID-35 on the Bay last May. After a nice debut — third in the Stone Cup behind Wasabi and Bullseye — Rigel coasted to an easy victory in HDAG. Unfortunately, no one else came out to sail in three of the nine HDA races Ri¬ gel sailed — and Payan had never sailed against another ID-35 until the Big Boat Series. "Having tasted one design now, we'll probably migrate to San Diego next summer to race the 35s down there," he said. "No matter how much we practice up here or win under PHRF, we need to get in more time against sisterships." Payan's goal is to be ready when the lD-35s hold their Nationals on the Bay next year just before the BBS. He hopes to keep his "great group of guys" together until then, including crew boss Dave Grandin, tactician Andrew Whittome, sailmaker Pete McCormick, Chris Chapman, Kevin Dugan, Bob McIntyre and Ben Miller. "Everyone’s busy — even without a backstay or runners, the boat needs a lot tweaking to go fast," explained Don. Payan grew up overseas, "racing all kinds of boats in all kinds of places. " In the late '80s, he bought an IOD with Den¬ nis Jermaine, eventually winning the sea¬ son title. After taking a break from racing while starting two biotech companies, Payan is happy to be back. "My goal is to grow the local fleet," he said. 'These boats are great for the Bay, a perfect next step for J/35, Express 37 or J/105 owners!"
Winning season titles is nothing new to Leigh Brite, a retired electronics engi¬ neer from Pt. Richmond. A member of the ICYRA Hall of Fame (MIT, class of’46) and a 25-year veteran of I-14s, Brite sucessfully campaigned Santana 22s, Cal 2-27s and Express 37s (Ringmaster) before step¬ ping up to his J/40 in 1994. This is the third HDA title for Leigh and his righthand man, attorney Cliff Wilson, with China Cloud. "Leigh just loves to race sailboats,” said Cliff, the team's primary driver. "It keeps him young!" "A good, consistent crew is the key," claimed Brite, who does tactics and back¬ up driving. 'We've been together for about 15 years, and we're still having a great time!" In addition to Wilson, China Cloud's close-knit crew includes Leigh's wife Marilyn, Rich Bannalack, Bobby Villareal, Marty Burks, Chris and Tom Loughran, Marcia and John Duys, and Steve Dahl. The China-men distinguished them¬ selves in the ocean this summer, as well — they were second in class in the schizo¬ phrenic Coastal Cup, and one of just seven boats to finish the slow Windjam¬ mers. "Our new Quantum poly kite helped us hang in there," claimed Brite. "And we're tenacious, if nothing else!" Because the Brites went cruising in the Channel Islands after the Coastal Cup, China Cloud missed the Second Half Opener — "a calculated risk." With no throwouts left, Brite and company held it together to triumph in HDA's largest and arguably most competitive class.
After five years of doing bow for Bill Chapman on the winning Catalina 27 Lat¬ in Lass, Montclair resident Brent Draney bought Zilla two years ago. 'Working with Bill was one of the greatest joys of my sailing life," claimed Draney, a computer guru at Berkeley Lab. "Leaving his pro¬ gram was the only regret I've had with buying Zilla. Of course, it hasn't stopped me from steading some of his crew!" Brent first sailed on Zilla in the '96 Windjammers, the first leg of a success¬ ful Iron Man triathalon. "I'd never sailed on such a sweet boat," he recalled. "It was so much fun, especially downwind. I was immediately hooked!" Making the transi¬ tion from crew to skipper was "fairly tough," but all the pieces fell into place this year as Zilla dominated HDA-K. "Hav¬ ing a regular crew is definitely paying off," noted Brent. "Special thanks to Ben Keel¬ er, Lori Lombardo, Mark van Selst, Dan The Man' Ackland and, of course, our out¬ standing pit person, my wife Karen." Despite a mid-season 3-second rating hit, Zilla still took bullets in 10 of the 14 races in the sparsely-attended K' group. "Unfortunately it seems that HDA is kind of dying out," observed Draney. "I hope we didn’t stop anyone from competing, and would like to encourage more boats to come out to race. Next year, we're think¬ ing of organizing a class like the SF 30s for lighter, smaller boats like B-25s, SC 27s, Moore 24s and J/80s. Anyone in¬ terested in pursuing this idea should email me at brdraney@nersc.gov.1'
2) Wasabi, ILC 46, D.Williams, StFYC; 3) Bulls¬ eye, N/M 49, B.Garvie, StFYC (11 entered; 3 qual.)
2) Bodacious, Farr 1-Ton, J. Clauser, BYC/RYC; 3) Petard, Farr 36, K. Buck, CYC. (19 ent.; 10 qual.)
2) Windwaiker, 1-36, Shoenhair/Gilliom, LGYC; 3) Nighthawk, C'tessa 33, P. DeVries, SFYC. (15/3).
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H DA & OYRA HDA-L Merit 25
HDA-Sportboat Antrim 27
Chesapeake
PHRO —1A N/M 45
Tiger Beetle
Jim Fair Berkeley YC
Dennis Surtees St. Francis YC
Rob Macfarlane SSS
Mountain View engineer Jim Fair owns HDA-L, having now won it four times (pre¬ vious wins were in '93, '94 and ’98) and come in second three times. This year, he had to work hard to win — after using both his throwouts up in the Vallejo Race (11, 16), Fair rattled off six straight bul¬ lets. He then barely held on in the home¬ stretch as Dulcinea came on strong. With HDA-L and M now combined due to dwindling participation, Fair at least had some decent competition, though he felt the rating band was too large. "It was difficult to know how we were doing. You could do a horizon job on the fleet, but still end up in the toilet," he explained. "It meant you couldn't ever let up until you crossed the finish line — unlike one de¬ sign, where you tend to relax on the last few legs because not much changes." Jim has now happily owned Chesa¬ peake — his first and only boat, named after the Bay he grew up near — for 15 years. He knows the boat inside and out, and wins more than his share of races on the SSS and HDA circuits. Still, he mod¬ estly maintains that full credit is due to his "great crew," most of whom are mem¬ bers of the fairer sex: B.J. Price, Darlene Rosenzweig, Sue Winslow, Sue Brodsky, Joan Nygard, Charles Doggett, Marcelline Therrien, Kathy McGraw and Joija Patten. "I'm sure I forgot somebody, so ^apolo¬ gize in advance," chuckled Fair. "I wish I knew how to get more little boats out for HDA," said Fair, who regard¬ less plans to defend his title next year.
"I'm approaching 70, feel like I'm 17 (most of the time), and act like I'm 7, ac¬ cording to some!" laughed Dennis Surtees, a retired anesthesiologist from Pt. Rich¬ mond. Surtees' fountain of youth is his Antrim 27 Abracadabra II, which he races with Tom Montoya, Mike Schaumburg, and Tony English. Dave Hopkins, Kit Stycket and young J.V. Gilmour also made rotating contributions. In addition to win¬ ning the Sportboat Division rather hand¬ ily, Surtees won the NOOD Regatta, which doubled as the inaugural A-27 Nationals. Surtees, who lived in England until 1957, started sailing at the relatively late age of 33. He quickly discovered 505s, rac¬ ing them for 21 years with huge success — 8 Pacific titles, 5 NA wins, and run¬ ner-up in the Worlds three times, includ¬ ing once with Paul Cayard on the wire (see Loose Lips). He moved up to a three-quar¬ ter tonner in '83, and several years later "made the biggest mistake of my life" in buying a one tonner. The latter experience soured him on sailing, so he took up golf. After a brief sojourn in the Etchells class, he again quit sailing for a few years. In '96, the then-new A-27 caught his eye. Abracadabra II (named for his daugh¬ ters Annette, Amanda, Adele, Andrea and Alison) is, he enthused, "the best boat I've sailed since my dinghy days." As an early owner, Surtees endured the 27's teething problems, losing two masts. "The class is now approaching 'critical mass' with 19 or 20 sold," said Surtees. 'We're at the crossroads between HDA and ODCA."
A self-described "computer program¬ mer by day, boatbuilder by night," Alam¬ eda's Rob Macfarlane has been working steadily to build his 1983 Morgan-built two-tonner (hull #6 of 12 built) into "an offshore cruiser masquerading as a racer." The previous Beetle was a Newport 33 which Rob sailed in the '96 Singlehanded TransPac, breaking the headstay and rud¬ der in the process. On the 21-day deliv¬ ery home, he and significant other Sarita May "designed a new interior and started looking for a boat it would fit into." Rob purchased his N/M 45 later that year, with the long range goal of doing the 2000 Pac Cup. To tune up for that ad¬ venture, Rob and his friends (Sarita May, Diane Cranor, Richard Bryant, Leanne Burr, Ric Wee, Eric Kuehne, Brooks Dees, Dwight and Jane Beal, Mike Robison, Marie-Anne Decalle, Jan-Ulco Kluiwstra) entered and won PHRO-1 A. "We re a bud¬ get operation," confessed Rob, who is still finishing the interior. "1 dive on the boat myself, and the crew brings the lunches." Beetle n does fine in big breezes, and Rob was disappointed that the windy DuxShip was-'called off. The rest of the season was mostly light air and flat wa¬ ter," he noted. A highlight of their season was dropping out of the windless Wind¬ jammers Race to spend two hours drift¬ ing in the company of feeding humpback whales. "They worked as a team, diving down, pirouetting, and then rising back to the surface within feet of our hull," said Rob. "It was just extraordinaiy!"
2) Dulcinea, Killerwhale, Mathiasen/Pritchard, IYC; 3) Starkite, Cat.30, L. Miller, HMBYC. (18/5)
2) Always Friday, Ant. 27, John Liebenberg, RYC; 3) Owlslarah, Ant. 27, Joseph Melino, EYC. (7/6)
2) Acey Deucy, J/44, R. Leute, EYC; 3) Endur¬ ance, Farr 40, M. Condon, RYC. (16 ent.; 1 qual.) November, 1999 • LrtZUJtli • Page 157
SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART I PHRO — IB Soverel 33 Stop Making Sense
PHRO — 2A Beneteau 42 Enchante
OYRA — SHS Peterson 39 Saltshaker
Dean Briggs SSS
Barton (left) /Jacoby Marina Bay YC
Steve Hanson Cal Sailing Club
"This boat is seriously fun downwind," claimed Dean Briggs, a project manager for an East Bay biomedical firm. "It has Olson 30 performance with a lot more room and stability!" The most fun Briggs has had yet with Stop Making Sense (named after the epic Talking Heads mov¬ ie/album) was winning his class in the '96 Pac Cup. After then doing the '98 Pac Cup on the Andrews 56 Medicine Man ( "sooo smooth"), Briggs was signed up and eager for next summer’s Pac Cup. But he recently pulled the plug on that project, and against the crews’ wishes is reluctantly putting SMS up for sale. Briggs has been campaigning boats for about 14 years, including a stint in Columbia Chal¬ lengers prior to the Soverel, but now his priorities are changing. "When my twin 7-year-old girls asked me, 'Daddy, why did you miss our soccer game again?' for the third Saturday in a row, 1 knew it was time to take a break," explained Dean. In the meantime, the SMS crew (Dave Congdon, Woody Salyer, Wayne Nygren, Bruce Schwab, John Gawkowski, Marc Hoffman, Jane Thurier, Kurt Christofferson) will sail the boat and Dean will make what races he can. Obviously suffering from a profound midlife crisis, Briggs is even considering taking up cruising, list¬ ing "a ride on Profligate someday" among his new ambitions. Though SMS went out an OYRA win¬ ner, Dean had mixed emotions: We broke our mast in one race and, let's face it, there weren't boats to sail against."
David Jacoby, an insurance agent, and Rob Barton, who sells industrial safety equipment, both live up in Santa Rosa. Prior to buying Enchante (ex-First Light) together, the duo campaigned Jacoby's winning Catalina 30 Revision for years. In fact, most of their crew are Catalina 30 alumni: Mike Neylan, Thomas Gebhardt, John Thompson, Connie Munger, Bob Barton (Rob's father). Sue Jacoby (Dave’s wife), Steve Hill and Dave Hamm. "Rob and I have a happy partnership," claimed Jacoby. We alternate each year between ocean and Bay racing, and al¬ ways have a good time. The ocean is gen¬ erally easier — pushing a tail-rigged, 23,000-pound boat around the Bay is a lot of work!" In fact, other than the windy Farallones Race, the ocean proved quite hospitable this summer. "It was light to moderate, perfect conditions for us — a great year for our egos!" laughed Jacoby. Though Enchante encountered more competition than other OYRA classes, the partners nonetheless would like to see more boats racing out in the ocean. "Our class was pretty strong in the first half, but fell apart near the end," noted Jacoby, who still misses one design racing. "There are about six Beneteau 42s on the Bay — wouldn't it be great if we could get them all out together on the race course?" When not racing, Enchante can often be found cruising the Delta or weekending around the Bay. "Who knows, maybe we'll even get around to taking her to Mexico someday," said Jacoby.
Livermore electrician Steve Hanson's path to the sea can be traced back to his early childhood. "I figure the reason I sail is because my mom painted waves and ocean and sailboats on my bedroom walls, complete with real sailcloth on them," explained Hanson. "I also built an 11-foot sailboat at age 16, which I'm keeping in the backyard for my 3-year-old son Dale to use someday." Hanson's racing career began in 1989 aboard the Morgan 38 Coast Starlight. He was immediately smitten — more on ocean racing than round-the-buoys —and sailed on many boats (e.g., Olson 30, Catalina 27, J/29, J/35, Mumm 30) be¬ fore buying Saltshaker, his first boat, in 1993. "It was actually a gift from my wife," said Steve. "Debbie's not a racer, but she's always supported my racing. That's a big plus when you're gone all day, and some¬ times into the night, on ocean races." Saltshaker has been a 'work in pro¬ gress' from the beginning. After rebuild¬ ing the mast and redoing the rigging, Hanson began seriously racing her in '96. He did the '98 Coastal Cup on Saltshaker, coming in fifth — and getting further hooked on offshore racing. "Debbie keeps mentioning life insurance," joked Steve. Saltshaker, a 1979I OR broach-coach1, provided a few exciting moments coming under the South Tower, while Grey Ghost provided good competition to the end. "Special thanks to my faithful crew Peter Cook," said Steve. "He had the guts to fly the chute, and jibe it, with just two of us."
2) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom, SYC; 3) Stray Cat Blues, J/35, Bill Parks, EYC. (10 entered; 1 qual.)
2) Dance Away, Tuna 35, D. Storkovich, MPYC; 3) Red Sky, Olson 34, B. Bosma, SSS. (13/4)
2) Grey Ghost, Zaal 38, D. Grant, SSS; 3) Sun¬ downer, SC 50, Anna Stockel, EYC. (17 ent.; 1 qual.)
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MAX EBB There was once a time when a busi¬ ness lunch with one of the company's major partners was thought of as a great honor. Although actually, honor had very little to do with it — it was a free meal and an afternoon out of"the office. We'd go to an expensive downtown restaurant, order heavy, get some good local wine into the client and ourselves, and waste the rest of the day on the company nickel — all in the name of account management. These days. I'd rather just have a sand¬ wich at my desk and get some work done. I've had enough expense-account meals for one lifetime, and projects have to be completed one way or another. But the lunches still come up, and you can't really say no. This time, at least, the venue was at one of the City's better sea¬ food restaurants, a very traditional place that has always been one of my favorites. It hadn't changed for generations, and had even been there from before the Big One in '06. So had some of the waiters, by all appearances. I scanned the menu for the date it was established, but customers are assumed to know the local lore here — no history lesson printed on this menu. It was the boss, myself, two co-work¬ ers, and the Big Client from the midwest. There was the usual small talk about weather and time zones, one round of iced tea (a sign of the times), and finally one of the ancient waiters was ready to take our order. "Oh, I'll just have a sandwich," said our guest, ordering first. Our faces fell — etiquette demanded that if the guest of honor was going to low-ball the menu, we had to also. "On the other hand," he said with a sudden change of appetite, "the steakand-lobster looks good. I'll try that. Me¬ dium rare, please. And let's start off with a calamari salad." "That was close," I whispered to my col¬ league after we had both ordered almost-' equally pricey specials. "The guy has amazing people skills," he whispered back.
Indeed, the client was a very engag¬ ing lunch companion, and it was becom¬ ing clear why he was in a position of such high responsibility in such a large com¬ pany. But he didn't really want to talk business, and it soon became evident why my colleague and I were along for this meeting. "I guess I’m too late for the summer fog," noted our guest. "But I'm not com¬ plaining — back home we've already had snow." "We get tule fog in the winter," said my Page 160 • tewt 3? • November, 1999
co-worker. "It can be just as thick, but there's usually very little wind associated with it. Just last Sunday I was out sail¬
instead of a maximum size limit. Then it's pretty clear that a longer, lighter boat gives you more speed, comfort, and safety."
ing in some fog so thick I could hardly see the bow." "You sail?" the client asked. We both nodded. "I'm hoping to get down to the Marina District sometime this week," said our guest. "I'm thinking of buying a cruis¬ ing sailboat, and everyone tells me that San Francisco is a good place to look over some very seaworthy boats." After tactfully correcting our guest about the meaning of Marina District', we asked him what sort of cruising he had in mind. "Blue water," he answered. "Caribbean and South Pacific. And I can afford to do it right, so I'm free of some of the usual constraints." "So you're going to go for the 80-foot ketch with all-electric roller furling?" I asked, only half joking. "Not quite that big," he explained. "I think our maximum size is about 60. But from the research I've done so far, I'm leaning towards a heavy displacement full-keel ketch or cutter." "Good choice," I said. "You'll get com¬ fort and seaworthiness." "On the other hand," said my co¬ worker. "Light displacement gives you a much easier boat to work with a short crew, more speed in light air so you don't have to use the engine as much, and a boat that’s just plain more fun to sail. It's really more rational, when you think it through, to set a maximum weight limit
d this is where my boss's plan went haywire. He'd made the fatal mis¬ take of having two sailors, not one, along on this business lunch junket. And where there are two sailors, there are at least three opinions. 1 argued that heavy boats are stronger and more stable, with a much larger limit of positive righting arm. He countered that ultralights are just as strong if well built, and have higher ballast ratios and less beam, and capsize isn't a significant cruis¬ ing risk anyway except in very small boats. I pointed to the heavy full-keeler's ability to heave-to in a storm. He said that light boats do fine by running off. I said that heavy boats have more comfortable mo¬ tion in a seaway. He said that that's only true going upwind, and that most cruis¬ ing is off the wind. I advocated the divided rig for easy sail handling. He said the frac¬ tional sloop was by far the easiest to handle, and could tolerate roller furling or self-tacking jibs without crippling its performance. "But the light boat is safer because it can be made unsinkable," said a woman's voice from the next table over. I practically choked on my clam chow¬ der when I turned around to see who was interrupting our debate. "Lee!" I stuttered. "I didn't recognize you. . . Are you back at your naval archi-
WEIGHS IN how big ships do it. It would make per¬ fect sense on a heavy cruiser, and even some extreme racers have collision bulk¬ heads up forward and big water ballast tanks that can act as flotation if the hull floods. But like, for whatever reason, it doesn't seem to be a marketable idea." "Neither is foam," I observed. "Only a few builders use positive flotation as a selling point."
"D -LJack to my problem," said our client. "I'm in the market for a big cruis¬ ing boat, and we have heavy versus light, ketch or cutter versus factional sloop. What other parameters need to be worked out?" "How are you going to achieve shallow draft?" asked Lee. "I don't think I can," said the future cruiser, "This will be a big boat, and I’m assuming we'll be in deep-water ports and anchorages. I think eight or nine feet is normal for 60-foot boats." "That’s going to be very restrictive," said my colleague. Heavy displacement — or light? (At left, a Union 36, above, the globe-girdling light-displacement ‘Heart of Gold.') As if the question isn't hard enough, cruising multihulls (right) have now evolved as a legitimate third choice. tecture job here in the City? "Just a couple of days a week while I work on my thesis," she answered. "But like, it's cool. No one recognizes me at first. I'm like, totally incognito in full business drag." "So I see," I said as I tried to reconcile the sight of grad student Lee Helm in a very conservative wool suit and makeup. Then I did the introductions, and invited her to join us for a while. "Just for a few minutes," she said as she pulled up an extra chair. "I wouldn't be all rigged up like this if we didn't have an important customer to impress at bizlunch." "That's the project here, too," said our client. "But your friends are doing a good job of it so far — even though they never seem to be able to agree on anything. I wonder if this is how they resolve issues at their staff meetings. . ." My boss winced. "Great calamari!," Lee pronounced. "We ordered the stuffed oysters. But like, as I was saying, an ultralight can do one thing that a heavy cruiser can't do — stay afloat when it's holed." "Cruising boats hardly ever actually sink," I pointed out. "I hear there’s a lot of junk floating around out there," said our client. "Dead trees, old pilings, shipping containers that
washed overboard." "Yeah, and I'd sleep easier knowing that if I hit one hard enough to make a big hole, that it wouldn't be a mad scramble to get the raft deployed and some extra gear aboard." "In the ocean, I al¬ ways sleep with my feet forward," said my colleague. "Even at only five knots, if we hit something big I'd get one hell of a conk on the head if the boat stopped short and I fetched right up on a bulkhead." "And like, even just the possibility that a boat might sink," said Lee, "seems to cause a lot of trouble. If you read about the known offshore fatalities in the last couple of decades, a lot of them are di¬ rectly or indirectly caused by premature abandonment." 'You're referring to the boats that were found floating and intact after the '79 Fastnet, from which people died during rescue attempts?" "That’s one example. A lot of bad deci¬ sions are made because exhausted crew don't trust their boat to stay afloat. And for good reason, with all that lead and no flotation. Some boats actually do sink." "Couldn't one accomplish the same thing in a heavy boat," I asked, "with wa¬ tertight bulkheads?" "For sure, watertight subdivision is
"Lots of good places you can't go with eight feet of draft," I said. 'You won't even be able to tie up to the dock at Sam's!" "More important,” said my co-worker, "is that when you do enter an anchorage, you'll find that your options are often much more limited. A boat with a shal¬ low keel can pull in closer behind head¬ lands, for better protection and a smoother ride at anchor. Or a shorter din¬ ghy ride to the beach. Or, you’ll have ac¬ cess to shallow find uncrowded parts of the anchorage that other boats can’t use. Or sometimes shallow draft will allow you to anchor much closer to town." "The essence of cruising is walking long distances along dirt roads in equatorial heat carrying large quantities of grocer¬ ies," I said. "I see we agree on something," noted our guest. "And the ultralight," I said, "depends on a deep fin keel, so we can rule out that November, 1999 •
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MAX EBB type as the ideal cruising boat." "Then we can rule out the deep fixed keel too, for the same reason," said my colleague. "Light hulls have shallower ca¬ noe bodies, and can fit a longer and more efficient fin in less total "draft."
on a lake." "No one's ever really bothered to engi¬ neer this correctly," insisted Lee. "I mean
Where there are two sailors, there are at least three opinions. "What about wing keels?" "I'm not crazy about them because of what happens after you run aground," I said. "You can't heel to get off. But there are variants — keel/end plate hybrids like the Scheel Keel that seem to be decent compromises." "The traditional 'keel-centerboard' combination also works well," added my colleague. "A long shallow keel with a cen¬ terboard that drops through the middle, housed inside the keel. Popular in the '50s and '60s. One downside is the small rud¬ der, but otherwise it's a practical solu¬ tion. That’s what I recommend to people who are shopping for something old and heavy because they can't afford the pre¬ mium price of a well-built ultra-light." "The way to do this without compro¬ mising," said Lee, "is to have retractable foils. That way you could anchor almost anywhere, even nose up to the beach in a lot of places. And like, you could even go up a small river for better protection from tropical storms or hurricanes. Think what happens if you really blow it and hit a reef!" "Does that still happen, with GPS and evexything?" "The problem," I said, "is that not only the reefs, but sometimes whole island chains, are not charted very accurately." "If you hit a hard spot with a fixedkeel sinker," Lee continued, "it's usually game over. But like, with a retractable that has flotation, you have a chance to bounce over the reef into the lagoon. I mean, not always, but many more options are open. Best of all, a retractable can still have a really deep bulb keel, with only a little bit of ballast, so that it's still a fast and lively and stable boat, and positive flotation is still viable."
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W-7ounds good," I said, "but haven't you noticed that there are no boats like that on the market?" "Very few, anyway," admitted Lee. "I'd be afraid of the locking mechanism not being up to the task," said my co¬ worker. "1 laving sailed a number of little swing-keelers, 1 know how much of a trouble spot that pivot pin can be. Even Page 162 • IMUmUZ? • November, 1999
we have ITBs with millions of foot-tons of moment across a detachable joint. . ." "ITBs?" "Integrated tug-barge," she explained. "The tug locks onto the stem of the barge, and the two are a single ship, for all prac¬ tical purposes. Sometimes there are op¬ erational and regulatory advantages to doing it that way. But like, the point is that the joint is not rocket science. A lift¬ ing fin keel could lock into the hull struc¬ ture of a yacht just as securely as with any arbitrary array of keelbolts. In fact, the structure would be even more reliable than the traditional fin keel attachment, because some deep frames would take up all the torque at the keel root. "Still, this is of no use to me if boats built like that aren't actually available," said our guest. "And I don’t think I want to go with a radical custom design." "flight, I keep forgetting," said Lee. "We have a real-world mission profile. Almost hate to say it, but the answer, in your size and price range, is multihull." "You mean, catamaran or trimaran?" "For sure. You get the retractable foils for shallow draft, the positive floatation, and lots of speed." "What about risk of a capsize?" "That depends on size more than any¬ thing else," said Lee. "Why should that be?" asked our cli¬ ent. "I thought all multihulls are as stable upside down as they are right-side up." "It's the way the scaling works," ex¬ plained Lee. "Imagine you have a cata¬ maran with one hull just lifted. The mo¬ ment, which is force times length, tend¬ ing to keep the boat from heeling any more is going to be about equal to the weight of the windward hull times the beam." "Right," I said. "Now double the size of the boat. The length, beam, and draft of each hull doubles too, so the displacement goes up by a factor of eight. But the beam also doubles, so the righting moment — beam times the weight of one hull — goes up by a factor of sixteen. The point being that for geometrically similar boats, righting arm increases by length to the fourth power." "But doesn't heeling force go up just
as fast?" asked my co-worker. "No, heeling force is about proportional to sail area. Area only goes up by a factor of four — by length squared — when size doubles. And heeling moment is propor¬ tional to sail area times the height of the rig, so heeling moment goes up by a fac¬ tor of eight. See where we're going? Heel¬ ing moment goes up by L-cubed, righting moment by L-to-the-fourth, so if size doubles there's twice as much righting moment compared to heeling moment, and the result is that the boat heels half as much. And like, in the case of our cata¬ maran, it takes twice as much wind pres¬ sure to lift a hull." "Ah, I get it now," said my colleague. "That's why big boats seem to have pro¬ portionally bigger rigs." "And why model boats," added Lee, "are blown flat in a light breeze, even with way out-of-proportion deep bulb keels." "So bigger is safer for multihulls," is what I gather. '"Zactly," said Lee. "Which doesn't mean you can't make a big one unsafe," I pointed out. "There are extreme racing multis that have gone over, even quite big ones." "But it gets to be pretty rare in the large sizes," Lee insisted.
"Tco be honest," said our guest, "there’s something about catamarans and trimarans that just doesn't get me excited. They seem to have too many extra parts, somehow." This was a confusing statement com¬ ing from someone so new to sailing, but Lee seemed to understand him immedi¬ ately. "You might like the aesthetics of the proa more than the cat or tri," she said. "One long hull to leeward, for long water¬ line and seakeeping, and one short hull to windward with all the weight on it. In light air the short hull, which is shaped to minimize wetted surface, accounts for most of the vessel’s displacement while the long hull floats very high. In heavy air, the long hull is supporting the weight while the short hull is almost flying. Avery efficient use of the different properties of the two hulls. But, the short hull always has to be to windward and the long hull to leeward, so it tacks by reversing direc¬ tion." "What would a big cruising version of this do for a centerboard?" I asked. "Do you have to raise one and lower another one each time you tack and change the
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bow into the stem?" "No centerboard, just bow and stern rudders. They would flip 180 degrees on each tack. Probably would be set up with 'collective' and 'cyclic' controls for the two rudders, just like a helicopter." "Fascinating solution," said our guest. "It does have a certain elegance." "Another way cool development is the biplane rig catamaran. At least one of the monster cats designed for the next mara¬ thon round-the-world race is biplane. That is, a mast on each hull." "Don't they just blanket each other?" I asked. "When a boat is that fast, the appar¬ ent wind is always coming from so far for¬ ward that the two sails don't interfere with each other at all. Even Playstation con¬ sidered going biplane." "But they changed their minds. Do you know why?" '"Sheeting angles for light-air sails'," is the reason the designer gave for rejecting the idea. But that probably wouldn't be so critical for a cruiser.
"I've seen some sketches of that roundthe-world biplane cat," I said. "It does look like a nice rig."
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"There are some possible structural advantages too," Lee continued. "Espe¬ cially if you don’t mind a few carefully
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L/ee looked back at her table and no¬ ticed that food was being served. "Like, 1 gotta go download some lunch," she said as she slid her chair back. "Nice meeting you. Be careful out there." "Enjoy your lunch," I said. "I can handle it," she replied. "By the time we’re done schmoozing our cus¬ tomer, most of the afternoon will be gone. And like, I'm on as a consultant this time, so I'm getting paid by the minute!" "Students have it so rough these days," noted my boss with wistful sarcasm as Lee returned to her table. "Why, when I was in college, my part-time job at an engineering firm consisted of sitting on a hard drafting stool and checking other people's calcs by slide rule all day." And despite the best efforts of all three of us, the boss never let the conversation get back to sailing 'til lunch was over.
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill .. they're off) As you read this, the Millennium Ha-Ha fleet is working its way south in pursuit of sunny skies, re¬ laxation and adventure. The start was October 26th off San Diego s Pt. Loma, and the 160-boat fleet is expected to round the tip of the Baja Peninsula No¬ vember 4, arriving at Cabo San Lucas.
der of the Baja Ha-Ha Class of '99 — the Millennium Ha-Ha fleet. And we wish them smooth sailing wherever their wan¬ derlust takes them in the coming months and years.
"Boatless" — Landsailor Kirby Brock, Roseville
Former submariner Nick Sciarro of 'Eclipse' might be a contender for the 'Big Fish Award.' By the number of folks bailing out for points south this year, you'd think there was something wrong with the workaday lifestyle that most of us endure. Imagine giving up the modern traditions of 12hour workdays, smog-choked freeway commutes and strip mall shopping sprees just to wallow in the unspoiled emptiness of the Sea of Cortez, catching fish for your dinner and watching shooting stars blast through the heavens for your nightly en¬ tertainment. Hmmm. .. Maybe these folks aren't so crazy after all. In any case, in this third and final in¬ stallment we introduce you to the remain-
With a name like the Baja Ha-Ha, it's no wonder the Rally Committee gets wacky requests every year. But Kirby's was original: Although he doesn't have his own boat and would not be sailing south with the fleet, he wanted to pay the full entry fee just for the privilege of attend¬ ing the San Diego Party, and collecting all the giveaway goodies. He'll also fly down to Cabo to at¬ tend the beach party and awards party. A veteran of last year's event, he apparently just needs an injec¬ tion of Ha-Ha energy. In response, the Rally Committee was quoted as saying, "Ah. . . Well. . . if that's what you really want to do. What the heck, we'll take your money."
Newlyweds lain and Joelie of 'Hydra'are setting off on an extended honeymoon. held some weight, as Steve and crewman Christian Doughterty wrangled their way in as the 159th entry. Rich and Barbara of Lyra will no doubt be happy to hear this, as theirs was the only other 27-footer in the fleet. "Quit the job and go," says Steve, a selfdescribed "computer guy." As he says, "It's time to stop reading Latitude 38 and start living it." We applaud his attitude and his realization that you don't need a half-million-dollar boat to Ha-Ha.
It's time to stop reading Latitude 38 and start living it"
Double Duty — Coronado 27 Steve McLean, San Francisco Sensing that the Ha-Ha Rally Commit-
El Gitano — Westsail 32 Bruce & Sarah Durr ant, Anacortes, WA No boat says "cruiser" like a Westsail 32. Although their advertising motto
The Baja Ha-Ha is definitely not known for precision starting line ac¬ tion. Perhaps it's because fleet participants are trying to achieve a laidback attitude, but most ralliers are either over early or over late — sometimes hours, or even days, late.
Bruce and Sarah of 'El Gitano' are ready for wild times In the tropics.
tee was easily corruptible, Steve got down on his knees and begged to be admitted to the fleet although the entry deadline had passed. Addressing the Grand Poobah as "most exalted one" apparently Page 164 •
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might well be "built for comfort, not for speed," many a wide-eyed sailor has cruised the world's oceans in one of these tough little (Colin Archer-designed) boats. Both being "burnt-out computer pro-
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fessionals" Bruce and Sarah recently de¬ cided they were "tired of viewing the world through a computer screen." As they put it, "It's high time to get out of Dodge." In doing so, they'll be bringing El Gitano back to the cruising grounds where she sailed in years past under a previous owner. Af¬ ter a second honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, they plan to head out across the South Pacific, roughly following Sarah's dad's trek West with the Second Marine Division during WWII. They don't plan to return to Dodge' before 2002.
Hydra — Ericson Independence 31 Iain & Joelie Buchan, San Diego "Cruising has been Iain's dream for 8 years and now we're going during our first year of marriage," says Joelie. Apparently having her along as willing crew was the
Frivelosity, but this year they've upgraded to an even more luxurious 51-footer — she’s got three air conditioners! We're told Roberta likes her creature comforts. In fact, she's been called the "queen of comfort," which explains the boat's name, 'La Reina' being Spanish for queen. She and Dick have been sailing comfortable boats together in the
Eclipse — Tayana 42 Nick Sciarro & Jim Barber, San Diego Although Nick probably doesn't yet think of himself as a great sailor, both he and his buddy Jim have spent a great deal of time on — and under — the water. Twenty years ago, Nick completed a 10year stint in Navy submarines and appar¬ ently turned his nautical bent toward sail¬ ing. Over the years, he worked his way up from an 18-footer to this sleek Tayana 42, which he bought four years ago. "I've been looking forward to this cruise for a long time," confides Nick. Jim wears the title of navigator aboard Eclipse. He, too, has been sailing since the '60s. And, like Nick, has taken many courses to upgrade his skills; Jim ob¬ tained his first Coast Guard Captain's Li-
cense in '94 and upgraded it this year to 100-ton status. He's also done a great deal of singlehanding. If you were to lose your sense of direction on the trip south, we’d suggest following these guys.
Is it Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice? No, Dick and Bobbi and Ray of 'La Reina y Yo'.
special catalyst he needed. After the Ha-Ha Iain, a structural en¬ gineer, and Joelie, a school teacher, plan to continue south to Zihuatenejo for Christmas and New Years, then perhaps on to Costa Rica before heading north again. Being among the youngest owners in this year’s fleet — both are only 31 — we assume they'll have to re-enter the working world eventually.
Monterey Bay area for the past 15 years. Then last year they took the plunge into the cruising life. The Lewises will be joined on the HaHa by their good friends Ray and Terri Hawkins. "But how will we get these gyp¬ sies out of the palace after we get to Cabo?" asks Bobbi.
La Reina y Yo — Little Harbor 51 Dick & Bobbi Lewis, San Diego
Mary Frances — Passport 40 Matt, Matty & Gene, San Diego
Although not fully retired from Gran-
Talk about varying from the norm, the
ite Construction, Dick's current plan is to "work less and sail more." Hence, he and Roberta are embarking on their sec¬ ond Ha-Ha. Last year they conquered the Baja aboard their cozy Norseman 447
crew of Mary Frances are definitely not your typical Ha-Ha crew who wait ’til re¬ tirement to cast off the docklines — and we applaud them for it. Matt Sponer, who, at 23, is the boat's owner, explains that November, 1999 • LaVMJa 3? • Page 165
BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill he was a "computer nerd" who made the right moves, got the big bonus and cashed out to buy this boat. His college-days buddy Matty Poulton, also 23, shares his dream of exploring the less-traveled parts of the South Pacific, like Pitcairn, Mangareva and Easter Island, then per¬ haps continuing around the world. Along the way Matty hopes to make
to spend two years in Mexico, then move on to Costa Rica, Panama and the Carib¬ bean. Well prepared for the cruising life, this expansive tri will be carrying such essentials as a Klepper kayak, sailboards, skulling oars and. . . a chainsaw?
Po'oino — Ericson 32 Jerry McGraw & Kathy Hewitt, Newport Beach
Who needs a 'gold-plater' yacht to go cruising? Not the Caniffs, their plywood hull is just fine. documentaries, as he’s done in the past. While they have no computer to edit their footage, they have set up a darkroom in the head. And if you think that sounds cramped, they've got mountain bikes stored in the shower. The third hombre in this band of rogues is 62-year-old Gene Kiernan, who is said to have boundless energy, is a great cook and "has a special talent for getting into weird situations." He's certainly found one here, but we'll bet you'll be reading about the far flung exploits of this trio in Changes in Latitudes one day soon.
Perpetua — 40-ft Piver trimaran The Canniff Family, Portland "Our yacht club calls Perpetua 'the flight deck'," says Pat Canniff, "but al¬ though she's 35 years old, she's still in great shape." Pat bought her 24 years ago, his first and only boat. Prior to that, though, she completed a circuit from Or¬ egon to New Zealand and back. We have no idea how much it originally cost to build this plywood-hulled classic, but the Canniffs (and the previous own¬ ers) have certainly gotten their money's worth from their investment — Pat and Susan have lived aboard for 17 and 12 years respectively. We assume 17-yearold Pat Jr., who'll also be along on the Ha-Ha, has spent most, if not all, of his life aboard as well. Both data processing aces, Pat and Susan hope they never have to go back to that sedentary vocation, planning instead
Baja Ha-Ha'ers come from all walks of life. In past years we've seen doctors, lawyers, boat bums, race car drivers, school teachers, musicians, computer nerds-, you name it. But we can't recall ever seeing a deputy sheriff harbor partrolman like Jerry. Don’t panic, though, he’s retired, and with a boat name like Po'oino, which means "hole in the head" in Tahitian, we re sure he's got a sense of humor. From their application it looks like it might have been Kathy that got Jerry into sailing three years ago — she's been sail¬ ing for 15 years and holds a Coast Guard Captain's License. Both Jerry and Kathy are new to cruising, although they've both been to Ensenada before and Jerry fig¬ ures he’s cruised about 160,000 miles around Newport Harbor during his ten¬ ure there. Their post-Ha-Ha plan is to cruise the Sea of "C," then head for Puerto Vallarta and later to the South Pacific.
Sea Ray — custom 46-footer John Yearnans & Candace Paris John claims he "invented the Y2K problem" and is "leaving the country prior
With 100,000 sailing miles under his belt, Tony Clarke of ’Second Life1 has a few tales to tell. to litigation." Candace, by contrast, is a CPA. This 1973 racer/cruiser is one of the most unique boats in the fleet. Built of aluminium, she's proved her sea¬ worthiness under former owners during voyages in the North and South Pacific as well as in the Caribbean. John bought her two years ago. He and Candace haven’t divulged much about their future plans, except to say they're "going cruising." Period.
Second Life — Ocean 71 Tony Clarke, Sausalito We re thrilled to see the name Second Life on this year's entry roster. She's a well-known Bay Area charter yacht, whose owner, Tony Clarke, is itching to get out on the ocean again after hosting more daysails than he can count during his six-year stint on the Bay. Raised in the Long Island Sound area and a former resident of Hawaii, Tony's sailing resume is a mile long, and in ad¬ dition to his work as a charter skipper, it covers a wide variety of maritime job titles: Navy assault boat coxwain; merchant mariner on supply runs to Vietnam: Car¬ ibbean trading schooner cap'n; abalone diver: tug boat operator and more. At this writing his final crew list is still
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Having been based at Lake Tahoe, you might say they're trading one paradise for another, but then, anything can get old after a while. As for post-Ha-Ha plans, Ken and Lynn are keeping things loose. After winter in the Sea of "C", they're just going to see what feels right. Second Wind's able crew will also in¬ clude two-time Ha-Ha vets Seth and Bev Bailey ('95 and ’97). Seth, who's also raced in at least one Pacific Cup, will serve as official navigator as far as the Cape.
"Sure, 'Sequester' is a trawler, "says Doug, "but, hey, she's got two masts!"
Secret O' Life — Union 36 Terry Bingham, Bainbridge Island, WA
So, Terry, what is the ‘Secret O' Life' anyway? Knowing how to make the perfect margarita? being sorted out, but two notable mem¬ bers are Tony's longtime ladyfriend Kathleen Hanna, herself an accomplished ocean sailor and his mom Viontia Clarke, Second Life's official "spiritual advisor." At 87, she may well be the most senior se¬ nior citizen to ever appear on a Ha-Ha crew list. You go girl!
Second Wind — Morgan 44 Ken & Lynn Swanson, Incline Village It doesn't take a genius to understand the implication of this boat's name. Ken and Lynn have retired and — like so many others — they're setting sail in midlife to pursue a radically different lifestyle. As they point out, "What a great way to start our retirement!" Ken leaves a career as a contractor.
| With any luck at all you're bound to see | whales and dolphins on the trip south. And if
you ‘re really lucky, you might see a school of jumpers like this one, sighted off Cabo Falso.
We don't know if Terry is setting off on this open-ended cruise because he knows the 'secret of life' or because he's in pur¬ suit of it, but in either case, he's prob¬ ably headed in the right direction. Having learned to sail in San Diego as a kid, he started out in Sabots, then Pen¬ guins, then Blue Jays. But 35 years later, after his life took him on many tangents, he "saw the light" in '94 and bought this former Bay Area boat (then called Molly Maquire), moved aboard and started dreaming about seri¬ ous cruising. Al¬ though he'll have ladyfriend Tammy Woodmansee aboard on the Ha-Ha, Terry plans to go it alone after the Ha-Ha, first singlehanding the Sea of Cortez for six months, then over to Hawaii and. . . who knows?
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stronger nation, then inclusion of powerboats can only strengthen the HaHa fleet. Right? Besides, if you got into trouble, it might be nice to know Douglas and his beefy 52-ft trawler were along for a possible assist. Not only was his boat designed for rugged offshore conditions, but Doug himself is a pretty handy guy, have recently retired from a career as a jet mechanic. After a substantial search, he found Sequester in British Columbia a few months ago and knew she was the boat to take him on an ex¬ tended cruise to Mexico and beyond. Glancing at Douglas' gear list, we see that one advantage of choosing this roomy trawler is having plenty of space for 'necessities' like his washer/dryer, ice maker, blender and two Sea-Doos. Help¬ ing with blender chores will be Douglas' son David.
the country prior to litigation."
Senjero — Contest 48 Neil Williamson, Sausalito "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever," says Neil, an ex¬ marketing manager for a Fortune 500 company. Just launched last May, Senjero is probably the newest — and one of the sleekest — boats in this year's fleet. Neil had her shipped from Holland to Vancouver last summer and braved the coastal run to the Bay as his shakedown cruise. While Senjero would make.a won¬ derful world cruiser, for the time being Neil's plans only call for spending a sea¬ son in Mexico before heading homeward. Rich Horner will join him on the trip south as will several others who have yet to be announced.
Sequester — 52-ft Custom Trawler Douglas Carlton, Bodega Bay if America's diversity makes her a
Serenade — Morgan 382 Wayne Debord, Seattle Wayne says one of his aims in doing the Ha-Ha is to "get to a place where no one will notice when all the computers stop working." Hearing those words from a computer contractor like Wayne, who is specifically working on the Y2K prob¬ lem, perhaps we ,should all follow his lead. Previous to his present incarnation as a computer guy, Wayne spent much of his adult life on the water, first as a Coast Guardsman, then as a NOAA researcher. But he's not afraid to admit his failings during the early days of his sailing ca¬ reer: "Once I got the 'Mud Hen of the Month' award for steering my boat into the dock while standing on the bow with a bucket of water, attempting to soak my friends." Nowadays, having endured sev¬ eral coastal deliveries and a stint of com¬ mercial fishing on the Oregon coast, we November, 1999 • lA*UJ& 38 • Page 167
BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. assume he's learned a thing or two. Filling out the crew will be Jim Jaqua, Donna Beaux, and Dave and Lynne Lqng.
of humor and doesn't mind being the butt of his
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jokes: "I can't The most interesting thing think of about his boat? "Well," says one interDoug, "it's paid for.” His third e s t i n g boat, he's owned her for three thing to years. Why are Phil and Shirley smiling? Perhaps besay about Doug, an electrical engi¬ cause they know what 'Skookum' really means. myself, neer, has never cruised to _ and I'll probably have to have extra ses¬ Mexico before, but he's no stranger to sions with my shrink because of having coastal sailing, having completed a 1,200to write a bio for the Rally Committee." mile trip from Long Beach to Orcas Is¬ He continues: "I have plenty of sailing land, Washington. experience and I really don't think you So far, post Ha-Ha plans are undeter¬ should pay any attention to the rumor mined — depends which way the wind that I took out the dock at the Stockton blows. Charles Mueller will be along for Sailing Club!" At the time of his applica¬ the ride to the Cape along with several tion, John was still trying to find a few others who've yet to be named. folks as wacky as he is to round out his crew. She Wolf— Tayana 42
Douglas Covert, Portland
tions are commensurate with our boat's name." Our Random House Dictionary says it’s a Chinook Indian term meaning "excellent or first-rate." SOCI— Nautical 39 Morris & Elizabeth Raiman, Berkeley It seems there's an acronym for just about everything these days, but Morris and Liz have invented a new one: SOCI stands for "Spending Our Children's Inheritance." They haven't revealed their future plans, but then leaving no forwarding address' is consistent with this offbeat acronym. Both Morris and Liz began sailing 15 years ago, and during that time they’ve done a lot of chartering in the Caribbean and some cruises along the coast, but this will be their first big voyage. Their boat, however, has some serious sea miles un¬ der her keel. She was launched in Florida, taken through the Canal, then out to the South Pacific where she was based in Tahiti. The Raimans bought her after she returned to the Bay several years ago.
Rick Greene & Marsha Stone, Alameda Here's living proof that Latitude 38's Crew List really works. "Rick and I met through a crew list for daysailing," recalls Marsha. We sold his boat, bought the Tayana specifically for cruising, put to¬ gether a project plan, and executed it over the course of two years!" They approached the preparation pro¬ cess with far more organization than most cruisers do. And since Rick is good with all things mechanical, Marsha took it upon herself to become She Wolfs elec¬ trical guru — not Rick's forte. Since then, she's overseen the installation pr upgrade of nav and communications systems, as well as a watermaker, dive compressor, refrigerator and an A/C unit for the aft stateroom "as a getaway when it gets un¬ bearably hot." "If we get to the point where we need to make some extra money," says Marsha, "I need only put up a sign in the rigging which says: 'For Sale: Fresh Water, Com¬ pressed Air, and Cool Sex'. That air-con¬ ditioned cabin should rent for a premium in the Sea of Cortez in August!" Ha-Ha vet and longtime Ha-Ha spon¬ sor Marilee Schaffer (of Waypoint Marine) will crew to the Cape. Shoshin — Hans Christian 37
John Branningan, Modesto John, who started sailing 30 years ago, tells us this sturdy double-ender is his first heavy displacement boat: "She some¬ times sails backwards," he confides. We don't know much about this guy, but we do know he's got a spirited sense Page 168 • LKUdi Z9 • November, 1999
Sinti — Scanmar 35 John Rak, San Diego
Solstice — Freya 39 Jim & Eleanor Hancock, Alameda
Talk about self-deprecating, John Rak's motto is: "Look sharp and be dull. " But we have a feeling he's not very dull at all. In fact, we have a gut feeling that the Sinti crew, which includes Joseph Rodgers, Michael Orr and Marvin Elson, will be among the more spirited compodres this year. John's been sailing for three decades. Among his nautical accomplishments, he skippered a charter from California to Hawaii, as did his first mate, Joseph Rodgers, who makes his liv¬ ing as a marine surveyor in Santa Cruz.
"Eleanor and I are sailors, just sailors." says Jim. Having bailed out from the rat race at an early age — he was a software engineer and she was a loan administra¬ tor — being a sailor is the only title, voca¬ tion or avocation they need anymore. Af¬ ter a lifetime of dreaming about long-dis¬ tance cruising and five years of prepara¬ tions, they’re off to points south, with plains to eventually cross the Pacific. "Sailing has always been a part of our rela¬ tionship," they say. After comp 1 e tin g their Bare¬ boat Chairter certifi-
Skookum — O’Day 37
Phil & Shirley Coney, Livermore
"Born and raised in Alameda with a boat ramp to cation, the Bay in my back yard, it they char¬ was a given that at age twelve tered in the A long-savored dream is coming true for Jim and I would use my paper route Caribbean. Eleanor of 'Solstice'. money to buy my first sail¬ Afterwards boat," Phil recalls. He soon developed a they got into the racing scene at South love of singlehanding, and over the years Beach Harbor and eventually made pas¬ he soloed to Alaska, Mexico and Hawaii. sages in the Gulf of Mexico, along the West Then along came Shirley, and his Coast and helped bring a Santa Cruz 50 singlehanding days were over. back from Hawaii after the Pacific Cup. "We spent two great summers sailing Additional crew are TBA. in Desolation Sound and the San Juans," he says. And they've been together ever Sonrisa — Island Packet 40 since. Their cruising plans are openJack & Brenda Blanton, Alameda ended and, as they say, their "expectaJack and Brenda consider their par
CRUISIN'TO THE CAPE ticipation in the Ha-Ha to be "a re¬ ward for 27 years of hard work." He as a construction project engineer, and she as an office manager. The most interesting thing about their entiy, they say, is "that there's still a fraction of our waterline showing," what with several tons of cruising gear crammed into every nook and cranny. They'll use the Ha-Ha as the kickoff for a two-year sabbatical, during which they hope to cruise Central America, transit the Canal and explore the Caribbean. Richard and Kandi Inman will be along as crew at least until Cabo San Lucas.
Meet the superstars of 'Sun Star', Anne, Ray and their buddy, Lee. hasn't retreated farther south than Puerto Vallarta. Aboard one of seven Hans Chris¬ tians in the fleet, they'll be cruisin' in style and comfort.
Spiritress — Hans Christian 38T Gary & Peggy Jensen, Fremont With their decision to join the Baja HaHa, Gary and Peggy have adopted a new philosophy: "Winters are optional." They left the Bay Area last year for the 'sunny skies' of Southern California, but were disappointed to find the temperatures were exactly as advertised. So now, they're taking a deeper plunge. "We're off to see the Wonderful Wizard of Warmth and Sunshine, who presumably
"Let's hurry up and get there so we can relax," says Ray. Bom with saltwater in his veins, Ray began sailing at the age of 10. Living as he did at the water’s edge in Florida, he spent untold hours messing about in a variety of sailboats. Soon after moving to Oregon as an adult, he bought a trailer-sailer and began exploring the Northwest's myriad lakes and waterways. He upgraded to this Beneteau 35 five years ago.
Ya gotta love this name: Still Clueless. No doubt we can all relate to that one. The more we know, the more we know how little we know, right? Anyway, at least Dan and his wife Kathryn Shieck know that going cruising isn't about prestige, it's about getting out there doing it: "Ours won’t be the biggest or most expensive boat in the Rally," they
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill longtime love of sailing — she learned at age 12 in Palm Beach, Florida. They've (coastal) cruised and raced extensively and have chartered boats all over the Caribbean. Now, however, they're eager to plant their anchor in the soft sands of ol' Mexico. "Somewhere in the Sea of Cortez" will be their address until the end of the winter, when they'll either truck her north from San Carlos or leave her on the hard, then return for more fun in the sun next fall. Longtime sailing mate Marvin Wyman will crew to the Cape.
Somewhere along the way Ray met Anne, who began filling his head with tales of cruising in Mexico with the pre-Ha-Ha class of '89 {then called the Some Like It Hot Rally). This year, when they found themselves with a six-mpnth window for a possible getaway, they put their rather unconventional plan in motion: to trailer Sun Star to San Diego, do the Ha-Ha plus six months of exploring, then truck her home again. Lee Hoffman, a good friend, will crew as far as Puerto Vallarta.
Sunchaser U — Golden Hind Jerry & Jan Tankersley, Henderson, NV We’ve heard a lot of rationales for join¬ ing the Ha-Ha, but Jerry and Jan’s is unique: "It's better than drying up in the desert," they surmise. "We've been sailing together for 45 years," they say in all seriousness. 'We have the blessings of our four daughters, but our parents — all of whom are in their 90s — are not sure of our sanity." This will be their third cruise in Mexi¬ can waters, but this time they plan to continue south, to the Canal, then into the Caribbean and perhaps up the Inter -
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them. He bought Synergy 10 years ago. She's proven her seakindliness during thousands of miles of voyaging including a trans-Pacific passage and a transit from Alaska to San Diego. Joining Richard on the trip south will be Jim Farnsworth, Rob Kitson and Raymond Urnellas (the guitarman).
Sweet Thing — HC Christina 43 Rob Ladner & Mary Mayer, Los Altos It's going to be an early Christmas for Rob and Maiy. At least that's how it feels to be finally getting underway after all the money and hard work of putting the boat together — "The Rally is like a Christmas and New Year's Party for three weeks," note the retired Silicon Valley sales and marketing couple. Rob learned sailing as a kid growing up in Biloxi, Mississippi. He, Mary and Sweet Thing have done a lot of sailing in the five years they've been together out west. Crewing on the trip down are friends Mark and Linda Melson.
Synergy — Westsail 43 Richard Williamson, San Diego Should the Rally Committee give Syn¬ ergy a break on their handicap? Among the items Richard lists to inspire them to do so are: a generator, TV, 22 bags of old clothes for the Mexican people, a very lazy
Taiga — Morgan 38-2 Jack & Sherri Hayden, Lake Minchumina, AK Meet Guitar Bob and Marvin, longtime sailing pals from 'Sundancer'. skipper, 150 lbs of dog food, 4 anchors and a guitar-playing crewmember. Hmmm. The charity clothes certainly make a good impression, but let’s see how good that guitar player is. Richard, now 67, may hold the fleet record for number of years of sailing ex¬ perience, as he learned the ropes at the tender age of eight — 59 years ago. He has a circumnavigation under his belt and is a '97 Ha-Ha veteran. Richard has lost track of exactly how many boats he’s owned, but there have been plenty of
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it planted the seed for a redo under sail. After a bit of Mexican exploration their best-of-both-worlds plan is to leave Taiga on the hard in Mexico and return every year from October to Januaiy. We like it. Oh, and if you ever wanted to learn about dogsled racing, these are the folks to see. Every winter they lead mushing expedi¬ tions to the base of Mt. McKinley in the Denali National Park, and Jack has run the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest dogsled race twice. Really, we're not making this up.
worth it." Father and son have also cruised in the Med, the BV1 and elsewhere in the U.S. Their post-Rally plans are to cruise the Sea of Cortez, then eventually bash their way home again.
Taka Ko, Panda 40 Reinhard & Brita Westphal, La Jolla "When we immigrated from Germany in 1978, we squeezed three kids and a couple of suitcases into a carpeted van and toured the U.S. from coast to coast for 3 months," recalls Reinhard. They liked San Diego so much they decided to settle there. Soon they found "the most expensive way to live uncomfortably" by buying a salty old schooner which Brita promised never to set foot on. Four years ago, how¬ ever, they upgraded substantially to this beautiful Panda 40. Having found her in Seattle, they accidently fell in love with
Tapatai — Ericson 46 Michael & Sallie Arndt, Exeter, CA A new puppy brings a sweet Alaskan smile from Katie of 'Taiga'. the Pacific Northwest and stayed for four years. This promises to be their'Pacific year', however, as they plan to take a hard right from the Mexican coast sometime next spring.
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Wow! Here’s another unbelievably ro¬ mantic tale: 'We met in the '70s in Saudi Arabia while riding horses in the desert." The sailing connection came shortly there¬ after when they took their honeymoon on a Caribbean bareboat, which "started our passion for cruising." They lived and worked in Europe, the Near East and South America before set¬ tling in the Central Wiley. From there they spent five years 'commuting' six hours on weekends to their boat at Channel Islands Harbor, in order to enjoy a bit of the sail-
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CRUISIN'TO THE CAPE ing life. Now, after the typically mammoth outlay of time, en¬ ergy and money, Tapatai and her owners are ready to go cruising, although with kids still at home and Sallie (a com¬ munications consultant) still working, it may be in spurts. Michael has retired from his career as a school superinten¬ dent. Additional crew are son Todd, 29, ship's dentist; son Michael Jr., 21, "socializer"; son John, 16, helmsman; and friend Ray Garcia, ship's engi¬ neer. And, "most importantly", the felines, Sasha and Snowy.
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Tavarua — Hardin 45 Dan & Linda Walters, Balboa This will be the first long cruise for the Dan and Linda, although they've been sailing for 30 years and 7 years, respec¬ tively. Dan still maintains his title as CEO of a manufacturing plant, but the couple is sneaking off on a well-earned, sixmonth sabbatical in mananaland. Noting
that they've only been married three years, we're guessing this trip is meant to be something like an extended second hon¬ eymoon. Rounding out the crew are two ex¬ tremely experienced voyagers, Bud and Paula Taplin. Known as the Westsail guru. Bud has been designing and building sail¬ boats for 30 years, first at Westsail, then under his own shingle, at Worldcruiser.
Having visited the sleepy fish¬ ing village of Cabo many times as a young boat skipper in the '60s, he's in for big shock when he returns 30 years later to find the main drag lined with neon lights and franchised night clubs like Planet Hollywood. Paula, recently retired from American Airlines, met Bud while working as a boat cook, and together they've cruised ex¬ tensively. Tauranga — Davidson 52 Marc & Teri Mendelson, Sausalito 'We first realized we wanted to go cruis¬ ing during one of several bareboat char¬ ters in the West Indies," say Marc and Teri. But personal sailing histories go much farther back than that. In the late '70s Marc took lessons from Cass' Sailing School in Sausalito and about the same time Teri got her introduction at U.C. Santa Barbara. After graduating, she and a girlfriend signed on for a passage from New Zealand to New Caledonia — in the days before GPS and weatherfax — which
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill turned into a wild three-week adventure when a gale hit and drove them to Aus¬ tralia. She segued that salty experience (and time spent on Aussie shrimp trawlers) into a job as Assistant Harbormaster at the the San Francisco Marina. There she met Marc in '82, who invited her out for a sail. . . and the rest is histoiy. Having sold their home and computer products business, the Mendelsons plans are open-ended, possibly including a circumnavigation. Teri and Marc have sold the ranch and are heading off in their Kiwi ketch, 'Tauranga'.
Ti Amo — Oyster 485 Carl Mischka & Linda Emmons, Newport Beach Carl is another Ha-Ha vet back for more abuse. He and Linda’s son, Jimmy, did the '97 Rally aboard Carl's previous boat, Tally Ho, a Nauticat 43. After doing a lot of the laborious 'front end' work such as provisioning, Linda joined the expedi¬ tion in Puerto Vallarta and cruised with Carl for the season. Last year, when they got the cruising bug again, they searched far and wide for just the right boat and finally fell in love with on this elegant Oyster after viewing her at the London boat show. Throwing
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Wilberding. Verne and Karen will remain in Mexico for at least a year before hop¬ ping off to the South Pacific. Toucan — Tanton 43 Jack Szilasi and Judy Tillson, Roseville Toucan was all ready to 'fly south for the winter' on Ha-Ha V when medical problems brought plans to a halt. With everything now straightened out, Jack and Judy are back to complete some un¬ finished business — with a new twist. During a camping trip near Mulege last March, the couple became so enamored
with the place that they bought a house there. "So we're looking forward to an¬ choring in our 'front yard' and we invite any cruisers in the neighborhood to stop in at Toucan's Nest to say hi." With a freestanding cat-ketch rig, Tou¬ can is one of those well-balanced boats that reel off the miles with little or no at¬ tention to the helm. So we’re not exactly sure why crew Janice Pankey and John Tannehill are coming along for, except to make the Trivial Pursuit games more ex¬ citing. Trader — Simpson Sea Breeze 57 Don Roberts, Green Cove Springs, FL 'This boat has been cruising for many, many years with its previous owners, and is itching to go again," says Don, who lists his occupations as 'nuclear engineer and stock trader.' He must have done pretty well at one or the other of those pursuits — most likely the latter if the boat’s name is any hint — because the Ha-Ha will pro¬ vide the jumping off point for at least a 10-year circumnavigation. Oh, did we mention Don is only 29 years old. Now what kind of stock was that. . . ? Gary Jennings, John Parker and Tanya
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill year-old son. Frank notes that Matthew spent a lot of time around boats — in fact, was largely raised on a sailboat by a single parent. Yet it wasn't until he was a young adult that he showed any interest in his father's profession or sailing. Now he wants to partner up with Dad in the real estate business and can’t get enough of sailing. Unfortunately, Matt can't be aboard for the Ha-Ha, but plans to visit the boat regularly during its season in Mexico. An¬ other significant absence will be 'first mate' Paulette Hawley, who loves the sport so much that she suffers from PMS — "Paulette Must Sail" — if away from boats for more than a week. She and Matt will join the boat in Cabo. Until then, Frank will have plenty of able-bodied help from crew Jon Holloway, Craig Hagen and Dana Adler. Trout are rounding out the crew of Trader. Among her go-slow gear: TV, two refrig¬ erators, two full-size computers and two years worth of Latitude 38s. . . — Downcast 38 Frank Dixon, Oceanside Frank and Transition have been toTransition
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill of the stuff they're able to take along: washer/diyer, three TVs, three VCRs, 250 video movies, bathtub, two surfboards, more than 200 CDs, 600 gallons of fuel and 300 gallons of water. You gotta love those big motorsailors. . Crewing for the trip south will be Todd and Ellen Mandavil and Maggie, the ship's dog. Her main duty is notifying the clos¬ est person with a quick nip if the boat heels too much. Hollis, who lists his profession(s) as "pawnbroker, gemologist and smart ass," and Paula, who "teaches teachers how to teach," will remain in Mexico until the summer of 2000. Tundra Spirit — Tayana 37 Mk II
Bryan and Linda Beisanz Eagle River, Alaska "We have sailed while it was snowing, river rafted while it was snowing, hunted, fished and clammed while it was snow¬ ing and four-wheeled while it was snow¬ ing. We hope the Ha-Ha will be the begin¬ ning of things to do when it is not snow¬ ing!" The Beisanzes got the sailing 'bug' more than 20 years ago. They had never
any warm weather. In fact, it was so cool and foggy they had yet to see any of the beautiful California coastline! Well just hazard a wild guess that Mexico will be a real eye opener for these folks.
Maggie, the ship's mutt aboard the Mariner 50 'Triumph', keeps a sharp lookout.
sailed before, but after watching a boat sail by one day, they thought it looked like fun. They bought an O'Day 25 — which came with a one-day sailing lesson — and started taking it on little jaunts around Seward every weekend, often with their young kids aboard. In this case, 'ev¬ ery weekend' included a 1‘87-mile drive from Eagle River — each way! Geez Louise, if we ever have a perseverance award in the Ha-Ha, it should be named after these folks. Ironically, when Bryan, a retired data processing manager, and Linda, a retired volunteer coordinator, sent the entry form in from San Diego, they had yet to see
Tusitala — Custom Townsend 47 John "Jack" Moseley, Dana Point John's circuitous route of ownership of Tusitala is almost as interesting as the boat itself. He owned the boat 10 years ago for a year, then bought her back one year ago. The boat herself was designed by John Townsend, Jack's father-in-law, who, in addition to winning the Blue Wa¬ ter Cruising Award in the early '50s, was a chief designer of Howard Hughes' fa¬ mous Spruce Goose! But Jack can even top those stories. A doctor who grew up sailing, he has owned six boats, all wood. "Of all the wonderful memories, perhaps the fondest is deliv¬ ering our first child on the boat in New Zealand. We didn't have any scales on board, so we took her to the fruit market to be weighed!" That daughter, Tahia, now 20, will come along as crew, along with Tom Dilworth and his 16-year-old daughter,
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Peter Nasca, Pleasanton Peter learned to sail in his native Louisiana on a friend's Hobie 16. Later, after finishing his degree in Plant Pathology at LSU, he drifted down to the Caribbean and worked for awhile as a deckhand on a daycharter boat. When the oil business dried up in Louisiana, he moved to the Bay Area, went to work as a com¬ puter consultant and — "through a little hard work and lots of luck" — he was able to purchase the Bill Crealock-designed Cabo Rico new. Since he was working in Seattle last summer, he had the boat shipped to Anacortes and shook her down with cruises around the San Juans and down the coast to California. After the Ha-Ha, he'll head over to Florida where he'll continue work¬ ing for his present company, PeopleSoft. Aboard Utopia for the trip south will
John & Cynthia Tindle, Hermosa Bch John and Utopia’s crew, Fred and Barbara Cucksey, have a friendship that goes back a long way. They met shortly after college and enjoyed the '60s in Southern California together. Cynthia became part of the group in the early '80s. During the years since, they have shared many great times together exploring the Carib¬ bean, Mediterranean and South Seas on charter boats. John recently retired from a ca¬ reer as a marine manufacturer's rep, and Cynthia will retire from the teaching profession in April. After the Ha-Ha, they'll sail to PV for Christmas.
John and Cynthia of 'Utopia' seem to be saying, "Ha, ha, we're going cruising!"
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill himself is that he's a retired engine me¬ chanic who has been delivering yachts for 10 years to harbors as far-flung as Seward, Alaska. Crewing aboard Valero for the trip down the coast will be Harley King, which we think is Charles' brother, and Don Forster. After the Rally, they'll head on down to PV. Valiant — Valiant 42 Walt Schrick, Carson City, NV We didn't think it was possible, but Walt was even less wordy than Charles (above). All we know about him is that he has a white boat, he's a systems program¬ mer and he's looking forward to meeting other folks going south. Consistently, his plans are "to continue on, or go back to San Diego." t
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Steve and Susan Kingsley, Berkeley Years ago, Steve was standing on a street corner when a guy came up and asked, "Hey, kid, you want to go sailing?" When Steve indicated he had no money, the guy said, "That's okay, the first one’s always free."
You might say Renee and Bob were born under a 'Wandering Star'.
"It was all downhill from there," says Kingsley, a paper/electron pusher who has owned more boats in the years since "than I ever could have imagined." After the rally — or as Steve puts it, "the thrill of competition, the agony of sunburn" — he and Susan are looking forward to "cruising and all the etc. we can find." Vivace — MacGregor 65
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CRUISIN'TO THE CAPE money, graduated into racing on a vari¬ ety of boats to such places as Hawaii, and eventually got a 'real job' as a corporate CEO. After a few years of that. Bob real¬ ized he didn't want a real job, traded his wingtips for topsiders and has spent the last 8 years as part of the management of Tradewinds Sailing Center. Renee came to Tradewinds to learn to sail, little suspecting that she would re¬ ceive a marriage proposal and would soon be embarking on a new life as a full-time cruiser. They've been so busy getting the boat ready for the Ha-Ha that the wed¬ ding may have to wait until they reach Mexico. Renee decided that if she was going to be involved with a sailor, she might as well get involved with sailing, so she talked Bob into making a lowball offer, sight-unseen, on a 1987 Irwin 37 that was being sold by a Virgin Islands charter company. They named her Wandering Star after a song from the musical Paint Your Wagon be¬ cause "everybody has to love a musical starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin." In 1996, Bob did the Ha-Ha with Ted Stuart and his wife on their Irwin 38 Sep¬ tember Song. When Ted was laid up with
back surgery, Bob volunteered to bring the boat home for them, setting what may
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A native Californian, Brian grew up around boats. Fishing boats, that is. At about age 18 he was growing tired of fish¬ ing with Mom and Pop when a cousin of¬ fered him a ride on a Hobie cat. Once the sailing bug took hold, he progressed through a couple of Hobies of his own, a Newport 28 and finally the current boat, Wasabi — "It's hot stuff!" he says. Along as crew on the 46-footer will be son Matthew Randolph, Jane Murphy and Peter Hampson. Whisker — Prout Snowgoose cat
be a record of 15 days from Mazatlan to San Francisco. Since Ted now owes Bob big time, he has agreed to crew on Wan¬ dering Star for the trip to Cabo. Wasabi — Kelly Peterson 46
Brian Randolph, Seal Beach Brian learned about the Ha-Ha in a bar in Sari Clemente. Amazingly, he still wants to go. "I've worked very hard for 20+ years with 10-hour days to build my company (Precision Sheet Metal) — now it's time to relax and sail south." That statement alone would earn him our "Most Deserves to Go Cruising" award, if we had one.
Dale & Fran Patterson, Danville Dan claims his pre-retirement income came from being chairman/CEO of sev¬ eral small businesses. If so, he missed his real calling, that of stand-up comic. We offer as proof the following excerpt from his entry form. . . "After my divorce in 1978,1 bought and moved aboard a boat, fully intending to sail around the world. I submitted my res¬ ignation and agreed to stay on long enough to train my replacement. During that time, I met a lovely lady named Fran. To make a long story short, we were mar¬ ried and I ended up with two kids, two
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BAJA HA-HA VI PREVIEW, PT. Ill dogs, a big mortgage and a business I bought to keep the family in shoes. And, of course, I had to sell the boat. "With encouragement from my chil¬ dren, we as a family agreed to buy an¬ other boat suited for family cruising. In September, 1988, a well-used Prout cata¬ maran entered my life. After spending more money than there is in the whole world, I finally got the boat to where I wasn't ashamed of it anymore. Now only one major problem: no one wanted to go sailing. "I announced we were going to cruise the Channel Islands. The family took a vote and everybody but me voted to go on the Baja Ha-Ha. I fully intend to pout and drink a lot of beer no matter how much fun the family is having." Windsong — Vagabond 47
John & Karen O'Connor Pittsburgh, PA Karen and John first met in 1969, parted in 1970, and didn’t meet again until 1993. They got married a couple of years later so they wouldn't lose track of each other again. In those 'lost years', Karen worked her way up the corporate
When Ed, of 'Windancer', took sailing lessons Linda thought it was just a 'phase'.
ladder, while John made his living run¬ ning a funeral home and limo service. (Af¬ ter all those limousines and hearses, we'll bet John can parallel park Windsong like it's a Honda Civic.) Soon after their marriage and just be¬ fore their recent retirement, John and Karen decided to see the world from the deck of their own sailboat. The Ha-Ha is the first stepping stone into that new life together. And after it's over, we don't ex¬ pect to see a lot of the O’Connors for a long time to come. Good for them. Windancer — Catalina 38 Ed and Linda Pedigo, Redwood City
"My husband received a gift at his 50th birthday party that was to have a pro¬ found effect on the lives of our entire fam¬ ily. He'd recently enrolled at Spinnaker Sailing to tiy his hand at basic keelboat¬ ing. I saw no harm in this new interest and assumed he would soon tire of it. That was before he opened that fateful birth¬ day gift: a copy of Latitude. "He started developing a whole new vo¬ cabulary which he somehow assumed the rest of us knew. He began name-dropping boat types at social events and referred to the adventures of people in the maga¬ zine as if they were lifelong friends. Such was his obsession with being the first one to get the latest edition that he would hit West Marine several days ahead of the monthly distribution date, just in case you were ahead of schedule. "Realizing this was more than a casual interest, I decided to take some sailing classes so I wouldn't be left out when the next Crew List came out. We went to our first boat show at Jack London Square. As I wobbled down the steps of a brand new Jeanneau 44, my world changed, too. You could live in here! From that day on, we started planning our trip around the
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CRUISIN'TO THE CAPE world. "In the eight years since, we modi¬ fied 'the world' to be the Baja Ha-Ha and the 'Jeanneau 44' to be Windancer, our Catalina 38. We have both had a taste of Mexican cruis¬ ing on separate occasions, Ed on a Santa Cruz 70 and me — I had the good fortune to spend 10 days on Big O from Cabo to Acapulco as the only female passenger with an all-male crew. Apparently no one mentioned this to my husband when he made my arrangements."
Cap'n Bill of 'Windhover' certainly has the right hat; crewman John looks on.
Windfall — Cal 39 Doug Swanson, San Diego Currently in Ensenada, Doug is one of the few sailors who are going to have to actually come north to make the start of the Millennium Ha-Ha. But he figures he has to follow through. After all, if the HaHa sounded like a good time when he first learned about it "in stall #3 of the men's room at the Lone Star Cafe in Austin, Texas," imagine how fun it will be to ac¬ tually follow through on such a reliable 'Up'. Doug's preparation has necessarily
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one for Bill and Windhover. After the Ha-Ha, he's pretty much going to turn right around and bash back to Ensenada for a blister job, then up to San Francisco for the Pacific Cup. Then again, this is one sailor who probably hasn't felt bored in quite awhile. Bill and crew also did the '97 Ha-Ha, then headed down to La Paz where the mast fell over due to rig¬ ging corrosion. He remained in La Paz while a new wooden spar was built, stepped and rigged — and new sails were made — and finally took off for home in July of 1998. What many sailors would consider a complete fiasco. Bill sees as a really posi¬ tive experience, which marks him as a cruising 'natural'. 'The boat sails really well with the new rig,” he notes. "And I really needed to get out of another La Nina winter in the Pacific Northwest."
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THE RACING
With reports'this month on the Melges 24 Worlds; Mad.ro brings back the San Francisco Perpetual Cup; the action-packed Pier 39 Fall Cup; the wind-starved inaugural Schock Regatta; the Yankee Cup; a pair of women's races; RYC retains the Wallace Cup; local sailors win both the IOD Worlds and Folkboat International Regatta; the Champion of Champions gets downsized; a bunch of Beer Can Series results; the usual box scores and race notes; and a list of 50 more lucky people entered in next summer's Pacific Cup.
Melges 24 Worlds In a flashback to last year's inaugural Melges 24 Worlds in England, this year's Worlds — held October 6-10 at Alamitos Bay YC — came down to a rematch be¬ tween two sailmakers, defending cham¬ pion Vince Brun of San Diego and Italian hero Giorgio Zuccoli. The lead flip-flopped back and forth between the two rockstars, with Brun two points behind going into the last day. Brun, along with boat part¬ ner/tactician Ben Mitchell, got the best of his rival off the starting line in both races, going on to win the series by 16 points. In addition to Brun and Mitchell, the winning crew on Rush was Dave Kirk and Bill Hardesty. "Last year, I had really painful back
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problems. The crew covered for me one day, and got us through," said Brun, a 52-year-old North Sails rep who grew up in Brazil. "This year, my back was nor¬ mal and everything went well. Even though there were less boats sailing, all Page 184 • LaIUwU 3? • November, 1999
the good guys were there — so the level of competition was really as good as it gets. Long Beach is a nice place to sail, it was great to see all my Melges friends again." Forty-nine boats from six countries (U.S., Canada, England, Germany, Italy and France) showed up for the mostly light air 10-race, 1-throwout series. Jeff Madrigali took the bronze, steering for Mike Wooten and Chris Collins. Fourth went to Dave Ullman, while fifth was claimed by the Bay Area duo of Michael Stone (owner) and Shawn Bennett (driver). Another Bay Area collaboration, Jessica Lord (owner) and Mark Brink (driver), ended up seventh. Class president Tom Frey tag, who currently lives in Ireland, finished ninth to claim top owner/driver honors. Boatbuilder and class guru Bud¬ dy Melges was among the bigger 'names' present. The 'Wizard of Zenda' opened the regatta, with a third, but fell back to earth after that to finish 20th. Next year's third Melges 24 Worlds will be held in La Rochelle, France. Rather than go for the 'three-peat', Brun plans to sail in the Etchells Worlds, which will be held concurrently in San Diego. "I have two kids, and it will be nice to stay home," claimed Brun, a past Soling, Star and J/ 24 world champion with little left to prove. Brun's absence next year should come as good news to two-time Melges bridesmaid Zuccoli, who runs the Ullman loft in Italy and is a past Tornado world champ. "He's a nice guy," said Brun. "He'll be hard to beat next time." 1) Vince Brun, San Diego, 49 points; 2) Giorgio Zuccoli, Italy, 65; 3) Collins/Wooten/Madrigali, King Harbor, 77; 4) Dave Ullman, Newport Beach, 84; 5) Michael Stone/Shawn Bennett, 97; 6) Roger Pea¬ cock/David Johnson, Great Britain, 99; 7) Jessica Lord/Mark Brink, San Francisco, 101; 8) Tom Freytag, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 102; 9) Brian Porter, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 103; 10) Argyle Campbell, New¬ port Beach, 106; 11) Don Jesberg, San Francisco, 107; 12) V. Strosek/Alba Batzill, Germany, 120. (49 boats) Other Bay Area participants — 18) Bob Tennant/
Nick Adamson; 28) Jeff Littfin; 29) David Wadbook/ Tracy Usher; 33) Doug & Kerry Forster; 43) Warren Davidson; 46) Mike Rettie; 48) Kevin Clark; 49) Michael Aldridge.
SF Perpetual Cup Comes Home Jeff Madrigali and a group of San Fran¬ cisco YC's most talented sailors recap¬ tured the San Francisco Perpetual Cup in San Diego on October 16. This was the 92nd running of this prestigious event, the oldest continuously run challenge cup on the West Coast (since 1895). The winner-take-all match race was sailed in equalized One Design 35s in the waters off Point Loma. Winds ranged from 12 knots at the start to 'San Francisco weather' (puffs to 25) near the end. Madro and his talented team (Soling mates Craig Healy and Hartwell Jordan, Keith Stahnke, JimBob Barton, Greg Felton, and SoCal non-SFYC members Mark Sims and Don McLean) sailed Katie's Choice, leading the 12-mile, triple sausage race wire-to-wire. The defending San Diego YC sailed Tabasco, with Alex Carnet acting as starting helmsman and
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owner John Wylie sailing the bulk of the race. Though Tabasco briefly pulled up to within half a boatlength of our Bay Area squad on one run, the day belonged to Katie's Choice. Madro's margin at the fin¬ ish was a comfortable 52 seconds. "It's always a pleasure sailing against the San Diego YC," said SFYC team man¬ ager Tad Lacey. "They're true gentlemen, and always treat us well. It was also nice to sail the Cup in a one design format again, as opposed to last year's IMS de¬ bacle." Sprint Car Racing for Sailors (aka. The Pier 39 Fall Cup) "Don't say a word. We're on this side of the course and we can't change that now so I don’t want to know how we re doing." With those inspiring words, Chris Perkins led Team Shaman into the final weather mark of the last race in the Pier 39 Fall Cup.
On October 2, eight 11-Metre crews (six from the U.S., one from Switzerland, and one from Sweden) descended on San Francisco for a weekend of intense rac¬ ing. The resumes of the sailors were di¬ verse and impressive, including world championships, collegiate all-American nominations, America's Cups and Olym¬ pics — and very deep experience in the 11-Metre class. The challenge faced by these crews included five 30-minute races per day, each with a six-minute start and six mark roundings (with leeward gates and an unusual rule allowing the boats to hit any mark as long as it was not then dragged out of position). The unusual configuration and ob¬ stacles in the Pier 39 area, as well as fre¬ quent ferry traffic, confused the strong currents and westerly breeze, making tac¬ tics in the area necessarily dynamic and difficult even for Bay veterans. To add to the pressure on the crews, the illustrious Jim Taylor set up a perfect racing venue for spectators, right off of the end of the pier, while John Callahan whipped up the cheering crowd of gathered tourists
through educational and enthusiastic narration. Team Shaman (skipper Chris Perkins, tactician Greg Felton, trimmer Jay Lambiotte, pit man Tom Atwood, and bowman Steve Marsh) led at the end of the first day with 9 points (1, 2, 2, 1, 3). This team had sailed together only once before (win¬ ning the Spring 1999 Golden Gate Invita¬ tional Match Race Series) but each team member knew of this group's powerful ability to consistently achieve front-row starts, handle the boat in challenging con¬ ditions, manage the innovative maneuvers required in such fast-paced and tightquarters racing, and learn from each race. With five races to go, all boats were still capable of winning the regatta and these assets would be tested. The first two races on Sunday provided a demonstration of the depth of the fleet. With Team Shaman placing fifth and fourth, the top four boats, with three races remaining, were within three points. It was anyone's regatta! Recovering Saturday's form to place first and second in the following two races, Chris' team entered the final race with a two-point lead over the Swedish, Team SBAB, and the remainder of the fleet (finally) out of seri¬ ous contention. Having observed Team* SBAB's typical starting techniques over the previous 9 races, Chris had spotted the Swede's weak spot and used match¬ racing techniques to exploit it. Control¬ ling the Swedes prior to the start, Team Shaman crossed the line at the tail of the fleet with Team SBAB comfortably covered (and, thanks to the onshore narration, the entire crowd watching these two boats). A heart-stopping slip happened early in the race when one (unnamed) member of Team Shaman rolled off the side of the boat into the water. Fortunately, he real¬ ized he was going over, grabbed hold, and hoisted himself back aboard without the boat ever losing pace. Covered all the way to the first weather mark, Team SBAB escaped when Team Shaman narrowly missed the layline in the strong flood tide. The, remainder of the race involved a pur¬ suit during which both SBAB and Sha¬ man worked their way up through the fleet. On the last weather leg, Team Sha¬ man attempted to close the gap on Team SBAB (and to pass the last remaining boat between them) by heading inshore to take advantage of flood tide relief. Early on the beat it didn't look good. "There goes the regatta," muttered Chris, convinced that the team would not find the needed tidal relief once up against the shore. Making the final tack off the beach for the weather November, 1999 • ItKUJ-• Page 185
THE RACING mark, while Chris pleaded with the rest of the team to remain silent about whether the tactic was working or not, the favor¬ able shifts and tidal relief finally paid their dividends. Team Shaman rounded the weather mark and crossed the finish line just behind Team SBAB, all that was needed to win the regatta. The total fleet damage by the end of the regatta was one bent spinnaker pole, one broken set of jumpers, a number of holes, and numerous bruises (some on the competitors, and some to their pride). — g. 'radar' Jelton 1) Shaman, Chris Perkins, 25 points ($5,000); 2) SBAB, Mikael Olsen, 26 ($2,500); 3) Red Bull, Seadon Wijsen, 31 ($1,250); 4) Svendsen's Marine, Scott Sellers, 32 ($750); 5) Mindspring, Tim Duffey, 38 ($500); 6) Ruf, Hans Streuli, 63; 7) Warp Speed, Chris Shining, 65; 8) Ultra Nectar, Ben Wells, 90. (8 boats)
Schock Regatta San Francisco YC hosted the inaugu¬ ral Northern California Schock Regatta on the sunny Indian Summer weekend of October 9-10, attracting 64 Schock-built craft — 17 Lido 14s and 47 bigger boats. Though the PHRF division failed to gen¬ erate much interest (three boats), there was a good showing in the one design classes, most of whom were competing for special championships. Boats trailered in from as far away as Southern California, Oregon. Tahoe and Folsom Lake, elevat¬ ing this gathering above your average lo¬ cal weekend regatta.
Despite the presence of out-of-town guests and the designation of the week¬ end as the Nationals for two classes (Santana 35s and Wavelength 24s), the wind gods were unimpressed. The Lido 14s, who raced in Richardson Bay, man¬ aged to get in all five scheduled races, but Page 186 • UMmUZS • November, 1999
the situation out on the Knox Course for the bigger boats wasn't as rosy. On Sat¬ urday, after an hour and a half postpone¬ ment, two races were contested. Sunday was an even worse ordeal — after 2.5 hours, just one race was finally held. At least the fleet had the Blue Angels Air Show to entertain them both days. Shoreside, there were parties galore, beginning with free beer and wine after Friday afternoon's tune-up race. Satur¬ day night was the social highlight of the weekend — a Mexican barbecue, complete with mariachi band. Sunday's awards ceremony was "quick and to the point", as everyone packed up their boats and hit the road. "Everyone seemed to have a good time," claimed regatta promoter Alfonso Cordero, "and many people have expressed interest in returning next year." SANTANA 35 (Nationals) — 1) Bluefin, Mark Sloane, EYC, 5 points; 2) Swell Dancer, Jim Gra¬ ham, EYC, 6; 3) Carnaval, Bill Keller, MPYC, 8; 4) Spirit of Bombay, Mike Whaler, GGYC, 19; 5) Dance Away, Doug Storkovich/Ron Kell, Monterey, 20; 6) Spellbinder, Joel Davis, SBYC, 20. (11 boats) WAVELENGTH 24 (Nationals) — 1) Nauti Nymph, Nicholi Lenn, Eugene, 3 points; 2) Goose, Randy Weersing, Eugene, 7; 3) Te Natura, Phil Natura, Folsom Lake, 9. (6 boats) SANTANA 22 (Gary Mull Cappuccino Cup) — 1) Santa Maria, Chris Giovacchini, CYC, 7 points; 2) Tackful, Frank Lawler, SEA, 7; 3) Soliton, Mark Lowry, RYC, 13; 4) Jack Be Quick, Rasco/Watson, EYC, 15; 5) Tchoupitoulas, Stephen Buckingham, SSS, 17. (10 boats) SANTANA 20 (Western Regionals) — 1) Disas¬ ter Area, Chris Winnard, San Diego, 4 points; 2) Still
Schocking sight — A trio of Santana 35s round Knox Buoy in their three-race Nationals.
Wet, Tom Schock, NHYC, 5; 3) Gremlin, Wanlass/ Andrew, Balboa, 15; 4) Sea Bear, Lance Purdy, SSC, 16; 5) Aggressive Tendencies, Charlie Hess, FLYC, 16; 6) H20, Gordon Mattatall, Eugene, 21; 7) Hot
Rod, Mark Fortier, Eugene, 22; 8) Circus Circus, Charles Fuller, Eugene, 26. (17 boats) PHRF — 1) Oz, Santana 2023, Alfonso Cordero, Sausalito, 6 points. (3 boats) LIDO 14-A (Western Regionals) — 1) John Papadopoulos/Stephanie Faillers, Balboa, 4 points; 2) Thomas & Bette Jenkins, Morro Bay, 7; 3) Bob Yates, NHYC, 12; 4) Ed Still/Rick Fisher, SFYC, 19; 5) Don & Kit Lockwood, Morro Bay, 20. (10 boats) LIDO 14-B (Western Regionals) — 1) Jim Jackman, Balboa, 5 points; 2) John Nugent, Fremont, 6; 3) Roy & Bev Gammill, Morro Bay, 14. (7 boats)
Yankee Cup "Over the course of three races, we were slowly improving while Mintaka was slowly getting worse,1' explained Bod¬ acious skipper John Clauser. "It all came down to the last beat of the last race. We rounded Blossom and went for the cone, while the Antrim 27 (Abracadabra II) be¬ hind us went for Pier 39. The re§t of the fleet opted to follow the Antrim, which turned out to be wrong. We did a horizon job on all of them!" "I couldn't believe we'd taken the whole show — not until the trophies were handed out!" said Bobbi Tosse, Clauser's wife and first mate. 'We had invoked our usual modified democratic process' on Bodacious as we approached Blossom. Most of us wanted to go to the beach, but the guy holding the stick wanted to go to Alcatraz, so that's where we went — good thing!" The Yankee Cup win was a nice end¬ ing to Clauser's summer season, where he was the runner-up in HDA-H (two boats from each division are invited to compete in the Yankee Cup). Tosse's turn to shine came the following weekend, when she steered their vintage Farr One Tonner to victory in BYC's Women's Skip¬ pers Race. Keys to their success this year, says Bobbi, are "anew Pineapple # 1, per¬ severance, good homemade food, old age and guile, and of course, John's yellow hardhat." The Bodacious gang included Bob Novy, Robin Easton, Synthia 'The Iron Woman' Petroka, Ian Nadel, Glen and Mary Garfein, Hans Opsahl, Kathy Biesel and Sylvia Seaberg. Mintaka and Ixxis finished second and third in this year's Yankee Cup, which at¬ tracted just nine boats to the Golden Gate YC starting line for three races on Satur¬ day, October 2. Somehow the Yankee Cup and the concurrent Masters Regatta man¬ aged to stay out of each other's way, a feat which might have been harder if the ODCA Champion of Champions had been
SHEET for Karina were Vicki Sodaro, Stephanie Wondolleck, Molly McCloud, Marci Por¬ ter, Shana Rosenfeld, Anna Desenberg, Ruth Suzuki and Kathy Spence. WOMEN SKIPPER'S CUP (BYC: Oct. 9: 9.4 miles)DIV. A (0-149) — 1) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, Bobbi Tosse; 2) Jeanette, Tartan Ten, Rachel Fogel; 3) Ariel, SC 52, Diana Freeland; 4) Zilla, B-25, Karen Draney; 5) Oaxaca, SC 50, Patti Cranor. (7 boats) DIV. B (150-up) — 1) Kangaroo Court, Moore 24, Joan Byrne; 2) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine Salmon; 3) Mission Impossible, Merit 25, Cindy Norman; 4) Boogie Woogie, Ranger 33, Lori Lombardo; 5) Abra, Jeanneau 32, Theresa Brandez. (7 boats) OVERALL — 1) Bodacious; 2) Kangaroo Court; 3) Jeanette. (14 boats) ONE DESIGN CHALLENGE (LBYC: Oct. 16-17): 1) Claudia Wainer, Balboa YC, 15 points; 2) Valerie Navarro, Little Ships Fleet of Long Beach, 28; 3) Susan Beckett, Cal YC, 32; 4) Karina Vogen, Richmond YC, 34; 5) Carla Thorson, Women's Sail¬ ing Assn, of Santa Monica Bay, 39; 6) Linda Elias, Long Beach YC, 4; 7) Christine Prigmore, Bahia Corinthian YC, 50; 8) Julia Olmstead, San Diego YC, 51; 9) Nina Nielsen, Newport Harbor YC, 51; 10) Col¬ leen Cooke, Southwestern YC, 56; 11) Leah Daniel¬ son, Puerto Vallarta YC, 63. (11 boats; 7 races)
on the Cityfront as well. The ODCA shoot-out, however, was over at Richmond YC in DeWitt Dinghies — finally, a more meaningful and cer¬ tainly more fun way to determine an over¬ all champion (see following article). Per¬ haps the Yankee Cup will consider the same format next year? 1) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, John Clauser, 8 points; 2) Mintaka, C&C 36, Gerry Brown, 9; 3) Ixxis, Olson 911 -S, Ed Durbin, 10; 4) Windwalker, Islander 36, Richard Schoenhair, 12; 5) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney, 13; 6) Abracadabra II, Antrim 27, unknown, 14; 7) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix, 21; 8) Dulcinea, Killerwhale, Mathiasen/Pritchard, 23; 9) Starkite, Catalina 30, Laurie Miller, 26. (9 boats)
Two Women's Races Berkeley YC's 24th Women Skipper's Race attracted 14 boats on October 9, up from just 10 last year. After a one hour postponement, the fleet — which included a SC 50 and SC 52 this year — headed off on a 9.4-mile course from XOC to Harding and back. "The water was pretty
Yankee Cup action — The B-25 'Zilla' in mid¬ jibe. Inset, overall winners John Clauser and Bobbi Tosse of 'Bodacious'.
choppy between Blunt and Harding due to all the spectator craft out for the Blue Angels air show," noted Bobbi Tosse, who helmed her Farr One Tonner Bodacious to a three-minute overall victoiy. "It was a tough day for the little boats." A more hardball. event occurred the following weekend in Long Beach, when eleven all-female squads convened for the 8th Annual Women's One Design Chal¬ lenge. Schock 35 skipper Claudia Wainer, sailing for Balboa YC, dominated the seven-race Catalina 37 regatta, beating last year's champion, Val Navarro, by 13 points. The entry list included three-time winner Linda Elias; Richmond YC rockstarlet Karina Vogen and her Bay Area crew; and, for the first time, a team from Puerto Vallarta (who normally sail Capri 37s, near-sisterships to the Catalina 37s). Vogen finished the regatta in fourth, posting scores of 9,4,2,4,5,1,9. Crewing
RYC Retains Wallace Cup The 61st Wallace Cup race was held in near-perfect South Bay conditions on October 2 — northwest winds steady at 15+, small flood tide, and not much wave action. Unfortunately for most of the com¬ petitors, conditions were perfectly perfect for the ULDBs who ran away with the 10.8-mile race. First for the second year in a row was Richmond YC's Antrim 27 Always Friday, owned and skippered by John Liebenberg. If anyone is counting, RYC's string is now up to four Wallace Cups in a row. Second this year, just 23 seconds be¬ hind Always Friday, was sistership Cas¬ cade, sailed by Encinal YC member Steve Reinhart. Jeff Winkelhake's new J/120 Convergence, also sailing for EYC, was third. Leading the 'real boats' were Oak¬ land YC entries Lelo Too and Mistral, which took fourth and fifth. The Wallace Cup, one of the oldest tro¬ phies on the Bay, was created by one W.C. Wallace in 1938 with the donation of a beautiful and old (1897) trophy to the Oakland YC. The present race format is unique: Only East Bay yacht clubs can participate, there is only one race, and there is only one winner. Each club can enter up to three owner-driven monohull keelboats of any PHRF rating. The race is held in the South Bay in early fall when conditions can be anything from a gale to a drifter or both. The original 1938 deed of trust reNovember, 1999 • LOiUjt l? • Page 187
THE RACING quired ratings between "27.5 and 31 feet", with only one boat per club and first one over the line takes all. As designs prolif¬ erated, it became harder to find a good PHRF range that replicated the near one design intention of the ^original deed. To jazz things up and to increase participa¬ tion, OYC decided in 1997 to switch to the PHRF format described above. — george gurrola 1) Always Friday, Antrim 27, John Liebenberg, RYC; 2) Cascade, Antrim 27, Steve Reinhart, EYC; 3) Convergence, J/120, Jeff Winkelhake, EYC; 4) Lelo Too, Tartan 20, Emile Carles, OYC; 5) Mistral, Concubine 38, Bob Becker, OYC; 6) Georgia, Cus¬ tom 41, Ben Mewes, IYC; 7) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommel, AYC; 8) Wings, Columbia 5.5, Mike Jackson, OYC; 9) Fermanagh, O'Day 34, Frank Johnson, SpinYC; 10) Sequel, Catalina 27, Scott Hester, AYC; 11) Compass Rose, Catalina 36, Kent Brewer/Harlan VanWye, BYC/TIYC. (12 boats — Spridle, Catalina 22, Mike Faber, IYC, DNF)
IOD Worlds and International Folkboat Regatta Perenniel local IOD winners Evan Dailey and Tad Lacey took their game a notch higher on September 26-October 1, winning the IOD Worlds in their home waters. Hosted by St. Francis YC, the seven-race, one-throwout series attracted the best IOD sailors from the East Coast, as well as teams from Norway and Scot¬ land. The tough fleet included four past Worlds winners — defending champ Bruce Dyson, Bill Widnall (9 times). Penny
helmsman Dailey and tactician Lacey were the other members of their San Fran¬ cisco YC-based 100 Syndicate' (all of whom "own 51%” of their unnamed IOD, known only by its hull number of TOO'): Mark Maymar, Jim Davies, Dave Walker and John Merrill. "We've been together about 25 years. . . way too long!" laughed Dailey. The regatta was about as fair as a world championship could be: the 11-boat IOD fleet (including Jim Hennefer's gorgeous brand new fiberglass boat) was equalized’ beforehand, and the round-robin format saw the teams switch boats after every race. Local knowledge was also minimized by fluky, lighter-than-normal conditions. In fact, the weather was so unsettled that the Race Committee elected to ignore the Wednesday layday, ultimately concluding the regatta a day early (on Thursday) rather than risk not getting in enough races. The International Folkboat Regatta occurred simultaneously with the IOD Worlds, using the same starting line but a shorter race course. Twenty-four boats representing six countries sailed in the biennial 8-race, 1-throwout Cityfront se¬ ries. Though it appeared that Folkboat veteran Sean Svendsen had won again, it wasn't to be — Svendsen came up on the losing end of a port/starboard violation on the last day. He was subsequently DSQed in The Room, picking up 25 points
was being used in the IOD Worlds. After dismasting Hecate in May, Jermaine was out of the hunt for the IOD Worlds, so he chartered a Folkboat and barely qualified (he earned the last berth) for the Folkboat Internationals instead. Sailing with fellow IOD sailor and tac¬ tician Adam Wheeler, with Chuck Hawley and Roy Haslup alternating, Jermaine put together a steady 2,(9), 1,5,8,4,3,1 record in the Internationals. That was good enough to beat regular Folkboat cam¬ paigner Tom Reed, who took second on the tiebreaker, and Svendsen. 'We even surprised ourselves!" said Jermaine. "I'm still on a major high about the whole thing!" IOD WORLDS— 1) Evan Dailey/Tad Lacey, San Francisco, 12.5 points; 2) Penny Simmons, Bermuda, 19.4; 3) Bill Widnall, Marblehead, 20; 4) John Burnham, Fisher's Island, NY, 21.75; 5) David Rockefeller, Jr., Northeast Harbor, ME, 23.75; 6) Alan Manuel, Scotland, 33.75; 7) J.P. Roed, Norway, 38; 8) Rich Pearce, San Francisco, 39; 9) Bruce Dyson, Marblehead, 40; 10) John McNamara, Long Island, CT, 49; 11) Dick Sykes, Nantucket, 53. (11 boats)
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IOD world champs — The '100 Syndicate' (from left): Dave Walker, Evan Dailey, Tad Lacey, Jim Davies and Mark Maymar.
and plummeting into a tie for second. That left the title to a newcomer, IOD sailor Dennis Jermaine, whose Hecate
INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT REGATTA — 11 Dennis Jermaine, USA, 24 points; 2) Tom Reed, USA, 30; 3) Sean Svendsen, USA, 30; 4) Kai Funder, Den¬ mark, 34; 5) Andreas Christiansen, Germany, 35; 6) Knud Nielsen, Denmark, 41; 7) Ole Grom Larsen, Denmark, 53; 8) Bengt Lindholm, Sweden, 56; 9) Otto Schreier, USA, 67; 10) Ed Welch, USA, 69; 11) Mike Bilafer, USA, 80; 12) Rolf Huber, Germany, 81; 13) David Boyd, USA, 86; 14) Goran Borjesson, Swe¬ den, 94.5; 15) Peter Jeal, USA, 95. (24 boats)
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The series format was that the skip¬ pers raced the DeWitt Dinghies in races 1. 3, and 5; and their crews did races 2 and 4. Boat and crew swaps were made between races on Richmond YC's new 'Big Yellow', a monster 30-foot inflatable. While the skippers were racing, the crews got a chance to meet each other, share RYC's bag lunches, and swap racing lies, some¬ thing keelboat sailors seldom get a chance to do together during their normal sea¬ son-long YRA series. Consensus after the regatta was that we ought to do the same style of Cham¬ pion of Champions series again next year. The overall winner was Hawkfarmer Vaughn Seifers, assisted by his crew Dave Albright — both of whom, not coinciden¬ tally, are expert El Toro sailors. — dave vickland 1) Vaughn Seifers/Dave Albright (Hawkfarm), 7 points; 2) Ian Charles/Zargo Draganic (J/105), 18; 3) Jim Robinson/Cameron McCloskey (Islander 36), 24; 4) Mark Dowdy/Bill Melbostad (Express 37), 27; 5) Dale Irving/Eric Mino (Olson 30), 32; 6) Jan Grygier/ Liam O’Flaherty (Challenger), 34; 7) Ely Gillium/Judy Yamaguchi (Triton), 35; 8) Hans Bigall/Mike Ander¬ son (J/29), 38; 9) Mark Lowry/Jim Bonlif (Santana 22), 38; 10) Charlie Brochard/Jeff Nelson (Olson 25), 42; 11) Larry Nelson/Frank Van Kirk (Level 198), 48; 12) Ken O'Donnel/Alan Jackson (Catalina 30), 50. (12 boats)
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24, Morse/Page, 26. (15 boats) DIV II (120-185) — i) Abigail Morgan. Express 27, Ron Kell. 95.25 points; 2) Another White Boat. J/24, George Peck, 85.25; 3) Star Two, Star, Doug Smith, 84.25, (9 boats) OlV, ill (non-spinnaker, 0-185) — 1) Sockeye J/ 24, Holscher/Etheridge, 87 points: 2i Bacarat,
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19, Kirk Smith, 29.25; 3) Vague Unrest. Rhodes 19) Phi Simon, 14. (7 boats) DIV. V (non-spinnaker, 186 artd up) — 1) Tension N, Cai 20, John Nooteboom. 43 25 points; 2) Raccoon. Cal 20, John Dodge. 36 5; 3) Faux Pas. Cal 20, Casey Williams, 35.5. (8 boats) 111 (second halt only— 11 races; 1 throwout)
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THE RACING Box Scores The regular racing season ended last month (finally!), and the midwinters are just around the corner. Following are re¬ sults of various regattas which occurred recently, as well as some summer-long series that have just ended: SSS EAST BAY/ESTUARY (Sept. 18; 21.5 miles): SH-II — 1) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Ben¬ jamin; 2) Georgia, Custom 40, Ben Mewes; 3) Logi¬ cal Switch, Express 37, Fred Joyce. (8 boats) SH-III — 1) Starbuck, Black Soo, Greg Nelson; 2) Tinsley Light, WylieCat 30, Hank Grandin. (5 boats) SH-IV — 1) Sabrina (*), Coronado 34, Thomas Hoynes. (2 boats) SH-V (non-spin) — 1) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl Bauer. (3 boats) DH-I (multihull) —1) Jabberwock, Buccaneer 35, Randy Chapman/Robinie Bello. (1 boat) DH-II — 1) Kwazy (*), Wabbit, Colin Moore/Glen Garfein; 2) 20/20, J/105, Phil Gardner/Rich Hughes; 3) Azure, Jeanneau 36, Rodney Pimentel/Ted Floyd. (8 boats) DH-II I — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair/ Cindy Surdez; 2) Surfari, Express 27, Bill Hoffman/ Lori Robson; 3) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber/Laurie Davis. (7 boats) DH-IV — 1) Tchoupitoulas, Santana 22, Stephen Buckingham/FJ Bolger; 2) Nanook, Ranger 23, Jane Jepson-Beal/Linda Keigher. (5 boats) DH-V — 1) Borderline, Olson 911 -S, Bill & Jane
Charron; 2) Bacarat, Peterson 34, Dave Reed/Grete Engebertson. (6 boats) (*) = division winner HARD CHINE/SBRA (RYC: Seot. 25-26:4 races); LIGHTNING (PCCs) — 1) Roger Hicks/Richard Austin/GienoChantrill (Oregon), 11 points; 2) Ashley Tobin/Jim Waters/Tom Ducharme (RYC), 12; 3) Dave Webber/Allison Webber/Molly Hopkins (Oregon), 16; 4) Mike Molina/Ron Snetsinger/Lance Uyehara (RYC), 18; 5) John DeBenedetti/RogerArtigues/Dave Desaw (Oregon), 22. (11 boats) SNIPE — 1) Gavin & Holly O'Hara, San Diego, 10 points; 2) Joe Harvard/Bruce Bradshaw, RYC, 19; 3) Gerhard & Richard Panuschka, Lake Washington SC, 19; 4) Jamie Fontanella/Collette McKeever, RYC, 20; 5) John Tagliamente/Susan James, RYC, 22. (11 boats) MERCURY — Chris & Christopher Lanzaflame, NoYC, 6 points; 2) John Hall/Paul Swinson, RYC, 9; 3) Phil Macafee/Laurie Davis, Inverness YC, 10. (7 boats) N OPEN — 1) Ron Smith/Jim Moyer, Thistle, IYC, 7 points; 2) Dale Hinman/Larry LaTante/Jessica Hellmann, Thistle, NoYC, 16; 3) Jonathan Howell/ Norm Berringer/Nick Burke, Thistle, RYC, 16. (6 boats) BARTH REGATTA (CPYC: Oct. 2-3: 2 races): SINGLEHANDED — 1) Thunder, Wylie 34, Larry Mayne; 2) Far Better Thing, Ericson 30+, Charles McArthur; 3) Folie A Deux, Islander 28, Frank Gibson (7 boats)
SPINNAKER — 1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen; 2) (tie) Spectra, Columbia 45, Hal Wright, and New Horizons, Cal 33, Mike Gurl; 4) Summer¬ time, International Folkboat, Luther Izmirian. (8 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Chablis IV, Cal 25, Dave Few; 2) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe; 3) (tie) Anteres, Ericson 34, Dan Lockwood, and Jammin', J/24, Edward Lord. (8 boats) J/FEST SOUTH (BCYC: Oct 9-10: 3 races): J/120 —1) Indigo, Scott Birnberg, LBYC, 5 points; 2) Simply Red, Kelly Vince, LAYC, 8; 3) CC
BEER CAN WRAP-UPS 3) Convergence. J/120, Jeff: Winkeihaki, 20. (6 boats) PHRF A2 — 1) Hip Hop, Wylie Wabbit, Karin King, 6 points. 2) Cascade, Antrim 27, Steve
: KNARR — 1) Snaps 111. Knud Wibroe. 17 points: 2) Sophia. Russ Williams. 20; 3) #141. Chris Perkins. 22. (15 boats; average starters = 10)
MOORE 24 — 1) Gruntied, Simon Winer, 5 points; 2) Hurricane. Adam Sadog, 12; 3) Kanga¬ roo Court, J. & R. Byrne, 14. (7 boats)
OVERALL (George Degnan Trophy) — Little Svendle Island YC Friday Nights CLASS A (0-150) — 1) Saint Anne, Olson 30.
■re!' Devries, 12. (9 boats) PHRF Cl: — 1) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine .
Sioane.16. (8 boats): PHRF D1 — 1) Lelo Too, Tartan 30. Emile Carles. 6 points; 2) Snow Goose, Santana 30. Ted Mattson, 6. (6 boats) Wondolleck. 5 points: 2) Flying Cloud. Ranger 23. Bruce Baker, 24; 3) Amigos. Cal 20, Wait Vance, 25. 4) Moonglow. Ericson 25+. Mr. Schofield. 31 (11 boats) ■■
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Wabbit, Bit! Gardner, 10: 3) Rex. Hobie 33. Lorin Cepparo, 12,75. (13 boats) CLASS C 1151-up) — 1) Dulclnea. Killerwhate, Mike Mathiasen, 3 points: 2) Williwaw, Cal 9.2. Rut ? :■ boats) CLASS C-1 (168-raters) — 1) Full Tilt Boogie, J/24, Fred Bonati, 6.5 points; 2) Quickie, Capri 25,s Will Matievich. 7.5. (5 boats) ■ ' : . ' ■ . points. (3 boats) DIV. E (non-spinnaker) — 1) Tak A Tak, Cal 330. Daniel Kadell, 5 5 points; 2) Morning Dew. Moore 24. Vince Baley, 13 5; 3) Moore KenWalteis. 14 (10 boats) (second half only — 5 races; 1 throwout) Oakland YC Sweet 16 Series (Wednesday Nights) FLEET A (PHRF < 100) — i) Logical Switch, Express 37, Fred Joyce, 5 points; 2) Elan. Express
37, Bill Riess, 8.25. (3 boats) FLEET B (101-168) — 1) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine Salmon, 5 points; 2) Quickie, Capri 25, Will Matievich. it; 3) CK Porter. Merit 25, Cindy Surdez. : 12.75. (7 boats) FLEET C (Columbia 5 5s) — 1) Drummer. Sankey,'Weaver/Sadeg. 5 points; 2) Jaguar. Chris Corlett, 8.75; 3) Demi-Onze, Mike Rettie, 13.5. (8 boats) FLEET D (169 and up) — 1) Snow Goose,
Newport 30, George Gurrola, 11.75. (7 boats) FLEET E (non-spinnaker) — 1) Lickety Split, 24, Vince Boley, 11; 3) Amazing Grace. Catalina 25, Sill Brown, 16. (7 boats)
Sausalito YC Sunset Series (Tuesday Nights) DIV. I (big spinnaker) — i> Jose Cuervo, J/105. Sam Hock, 8 points; 2) Gammon, Tartan Ten, Hutter/ Cohen, 20. (5 boats) DIV. II (little spinnaker) — 1) Dulcinea, Coronado : :
glish, 25. (6boats), DIV. II! (big non-spinny) — 1) Bacarat, Peterson1 34, Dave Reed, 14 points; 2) Sally Ann, Express 37, Michael Franchetti, 26; 3) Lanikai. Catalina 42. Dou¬ glas McLnflin, 32. (18 boats) DIV. IV (little non-spinny) — 1) Frisky, Tartan Ten.
SHEET Catalina 30, Lawler/Hardaker. (13 boats) SWHF — 1) Tinman, C&C 38, J. Sinclair. (3 boats) ANCMAR — 1) Kelpie, Schooner, J. Dobro. (4 boats) CRUZ-N — 1) Mariah, O'Day 34, M. & J. Brinker; 2) Everfit, Catalina 36, S. Jackson; 3) Seaduced, Lancer 30, W. Burke. (8 boats)
OOCA took a great step forward this year, hold¬ ing its Champion of Champions Regatta in DeWitt Dinghies instead of under the PHRF rule. Rider, Chuck Nichols, SDYC, 19; 4) Impact Player, Dick Sikorski, BCYC, 19; 5) Junkyard Dog, Grant Bixby, NHYC, 20. (17 boats) J/105 — 1) J-OK, Stewart Cannon, SWYC, 6 points; 2) J-Hawk, Abbott Brown, CalYC, 8; 3) Legacy, Brian Dougherty, NHYC, 8. (6 boats) J/30 — 1) Rambunctious, Andy Clark, VYC, 6 points; 2) Love & War, Steve Cole, ABYC, 8. (5 boats)
John Woodhuii, 13 points; 2) Tackful, Santana 22, Kathy Stierhoff, 21; 3) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod ■ Decker, 30. (14 boats) (10 races; 2 throwouts) South Beach YC Friday Nights r DiV. I (spinnaker <150)—1) Walloping Swede ('). J/105, Tom Kassberg, 6 points; 2) Northern Lights,-Santana 35, Rod Neatherly, 13; 3) Highlighter, Islander 36, Bill Hackel, 17. (15 boats) DIV. If (spinnaker > 150) — 1) Grenadier, Contessa 32, Paul Osborn, 15 points; 2) Friday's Eagle (*), Catalina 30, Mark Hecht, 16; 3) Skol, Folkboat, Mr. Conners, 20. (13 boats) DIV. Ill (non-spinnaker) — 1) Spirit of Elvis (*), Santana 35, Lanier/Cunningham, 9 points; 2) Fat Bob, Catalina 38, Bob Lugliani, 16; 3) Acabar, Jeanneau 45, Jean-Yves Lendormy, 22. (20 boats) (second half only — 7 races, 1 throwout; * = over¬ all winner) St. Francis YC Friday Night Windsurfing Series OPEN — 1) Rob Hartman, 13 points; 2) Vlad Moroz, 44; 3) Chip Wasson, 47; 4) John Radkowski, 56; 5) Bill Weir, 65; 6) Chenda Herstus, 67; 7) David Boil, 72; 8) Ted Hsiang, 79; 9) Jean Rathle, 87; Ip) At Mirel, 107; 11) Paul Buelow, 111; 12) Justin Gordon, 118. (32 boards) MASTERS — 1) David Wells, 58 points; 2) Steve Sylvester, 180; 3) Randy Nelson, 193; 4) William Russell, 194; 5) Will Harper, 211. (14 boards)
50th EL TORO STAMPEDE (RYC: Oct. 9-10): SENIOR (over 21) — 1) Jim Warfield; 2) Hank Jotz; 3) Tom Burden; 4) George Morris; 5) John Amen; 6) Dan Seifers; 7) Packy Davis; 8) Kit Stycket; 9) John Gilmour; 10) Chris Nash. (20 boats) INTERMEDIATE (15-20) — 1) Nick Nash. (2 boats) JUNIOR (15 and under) — 1) Ben Amen; 2) Travis Kool; 3) Woody Robinson; 4) George Granelli; 5) Sara Lester; 6) Brooks Reed; 7) Anne-Flore Perroud; 8) Alex Lowry; 9) Sean Kelley; 10) Annie Freitas. (25 boats) FLY WEIGHT (under 99 pounds) — Woody Robinson. LIGHT WEIGHT (100-149) — Ben Amen. MIDDLE WEIGHT (150-200) — Jim Warfield. HEAVY WEIGHT (200-up) — John Gilmour. BULL THROWER — Jim Warfield. TENDER TROT (junior novice) — Sean Kelly. GREEN BOTTLE (no centerboard) — Pete Blasberg.
J/24 — 1) Fish Lips, Chris Snow, MBYC, 6 points; 2) Tiny Dancer, Brian Zimmerman, SBYC, 6; 3) Ho'Omele, Scott Tobin, CalYC, 15; 4) Speedy Blue, Kurry Kurita, CalYC, 15; 5) Desperado, Philip Otis, DPYC, 17. (22 boats) PHRF-A — 1) Abba Zaba Dad, J/35, David Stockman, BYC, 6 points; 2) Fast Lane, J/35, Bob Patterson, CYC, 8; 3) Scooter, J/35, Larry Hansen, PBYC, 9. (6 boats) PHRF-B — 1) Whippet, J/80, Bill Murray, BYC, 4 points; 2) LaForza Del Destino, J/80, Eugene Elliott, BYC, 7; 3) Blue Moon, J/92, Roland Fournier, BSSA, 9. (8 boats) FALL ONE DESIGN (SFYC: Sept. 25-26: 4 races): J/29 — 1) Wave Dancer, Richard Leevey, 5 points; 2) Aqua Boogie, Tom Holland, 7. (4 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Tropical Storm, Doug Forster, 10 points; 2) SUV, David Wadbrook, 12. (5 boats) J/24 — 1) Woof, Alan McNab, 6 points; 2) Deco¬ rum, J.C. Raby, 13.3; 3) Vincitore, Edward Marlin, 14. (6 boats) EASOM FOUNDERS (SFYC: Oct. 2-3: 5 races): 1) Craig Healey (with Steve Fentress and Keith Stahnke), 7 points; 2) Tim Parsons, 13; 3) John Jansheski, 19; 4) D. Morss/H. Fischer, 31; 5) Jeff Nehms, 32; 6) J. Hager/S. Fulweiler, 35; 7) John Mellan, 41; 8) Jim Gregory, 48; 9) John Sutak, 52; 10) Kers Clausen, 54. (18 Etchells)
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LITTLE ENSENADA (SDYC: Oct. 2: 62 miles): PHRF-1 — 1) Eclipse, N/M 39, T. Batcher; 2) Magnitude, Andrew 70+, D. Baker; 3) Snoopy, J/ 125, D. Roberts; 4) Flyer, Farr 40, D. Mongeon; 5) Cantata, Andrews 53, R. Kuntz; 6) Rx Sight, Dumas 73, L. Lugvall; 7) Wahine, N/M 39, Tempesta/Sullivan; 8) Bravura, Farr 44, E. & M. Pennell; 9) Lina, SC 50, W. Pressel; 10) Xtreme, ILC 46, E. Rutledge. (21 boats) PHRF-2 — 1) Spinout, Cheetah 30, J. Pickard; 2) B-Nasty, B-32, A. Sturm; 3) Animal Style, J/36, J. Greenblatt. (19 boats) PHRF-3 — 1) Phantom, CF 27, L. Schmitz; 2) Scrambled, Kirby 30, G. Fisher. (5 boats) PHRF-4 — 1) Masquerade, 'Chda' 40, T. Coker; 2) Windswept, Swan 57, M. & P. Phelps; 3) Silberrad, Islander 40, J. Brown. (13 boats) PHRF-5 — 1) Jezebel, Ranger 33, M. Roach; 2) Done Deal, Ranger 32, M. McGpe; 3) Sojourn,
t <5 Best of the best — Vaughn Seifers won the allnew Champion of Champions. SODA SPECIAL (under 21) — Annie Freitas. TEAM —John Gilmour (captain), Ben Amen, George Granelli, Kate Hodges. OYRA JR. WATERHOUSE (RYC: Oct. 9: 21 miles): PHRO1A— 1) Acey Deucy, J/44, Richard Leute. (2 boats) PHRO IB — 1) Stop Making Sense, Soverel 33, Dean Briggs. (2 boats) PHRO 2A — 1) Enhcante, Beneteau 42, Jacoby/ Barton. (1 boat) PHRO 2B — No starters. November, 1999 • UxtXo/c'ii • Page 191
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Dartmouth; 7) Old Dominion; 8) Stanford; 9) Charles¬ ton; 10) MIT; 11) Brown; 12) USC; 13) Queen's; 14) Georgetown; 15) Boston College. SOUTH BAY YRA FINAL RESULTS: DIV. A (big spinnaker) — 1) Elusive, Express 37, Dick Desmarais. (5 boats) DIV. B (big non-spinnaker)— 1) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe. (5 boats) DIV. C (little spinnaker) — 1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen. (6 boats) DIV. D (little non-spinnaker) — 1) Spirit, Cal 20, Vincent Swerkes. (5 boats) PAIGE/LOGAN (StFYC: Oct. 16-17: 5 races): STAR — 1) Howie Shiebler, NYYC, 9 points; 2) Bill Buchan, CYC, 22; 3) Peter Vessella, StFYC, 23; 4) Will Baylis, StFYC, 24; 5) Mark Reynolds, SDYC, 26; 6) Scott Bimmer, BYC, 29; 7) Jeremy Davidson,
ABYC, 29. (14 boats) • MERCURY — 1) Jim Bradley, StFYC, 10 points; 2) Doug Baird, FresYC, 13; 3) Dick Clark, StFYC, 17; 4) Pax Davis, StFYC, 19; 5) Chris Messano, BSSA/ABYC, 27; 6) Brendan Bradley, StFYC, 28. (11 boats) FALL SCORE FINAL RESULTS (SCYQi 9 races): SC 27 — 1) Ciao, Andy Carson, 17 points; 2) Cruzin, Barry Hopkins, 33; 3) Sumo, Jim Livingston, 45. (9 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Nobody's Girl, Syd Moore, 24 points; 2) Moorgasm, Niles/Josselyn/Watts, 34; 3) Ngellew Fejj, Shana Rosenfeld, 36. (7 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Insanity Cruz, Mark Langer, 17 points; 2) Tara, Jim Samuels, 21. (4 boats) ROUND THE ISLANDS (SFYC: Oct. 17: 14 miles) 1) Mr. Natural, Etchells, Bill Barton; 2) Sigwart, Star, Jeff Allen; 3) Liquid Chicken, Etchells, Jock MacLean; 4) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan; 5) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 6) Yucca, 8Meter, Hank Easom; 7) Casey Jones, Melges 24, Don Jesberg; 8) Fast Friends, Santana 35, Ray Lent; 9) Topgallant, Newport 30, Frank Hinman; 10) QE 3, Tartan Ten, Tom Perot. (39 boats) ISAF MATCH RACING RANKINGS (as of 10/22): OPEN — 1) Peter Gilmour; 2) Sten Mohr; 3) Bertrand Pace; 4) Magnus Holmberg; 5) Jesper Bank. WOMEN — 1) Shirley Robertson; 2) Paula Lewin; 3) Klaartje Zuiderbaan; 4) Dorte O. Jensen; 5) Betsy Alison. JESSICA CUP (StFYC; Oct. 23:8.7 miles): DIV. I — 1) Santana, S&S 55, The Kaplans; 2) Barbara, Alden 50, Robert Klemmedson. (2 boats) DIV. 11 — 1) Brigadoon, Herreshoff 65, Terry Klaus; 2) Nightwatcher, Chapelle 50, The Godshalks; 3) Makani Kai, Angelman 40, The Inouyes; 4) Black Witch, Winslow 32, Craig Swayne. (4 boats) DIV. Ill (Farallone Clipper) — 1) Quessant, Frank Buck; 2) Credit, Bill Belmont; 3) Pamperro, Owen/ Newell; 4) Echo, Jack Coulter. (4 boats)
Race Notes Wailing Banshees: The Banshee re¬ vival is in full swing up on Folsom Lake, with 15 of these semi-prehistoric 13footers on the line for FLYC's Fall Regatta on September 25-26. Local sail-maker Charles Witcher took first, his Santana 20 partner Charlie Hess was second, and Greg Rogers was third. The growth of Banshee racing in Northern California has encouraged the members of Fleet One (Folsom Lake) to consider resurrecting their national championship next sum¬ mer, possibly in conjunction with an ex¬ isting event such as the High Sierra Re¬ gatta. Curious about the origins of the Ban¬ shee, we found the following on the web: "Richard Reid, a retailer in Foster City, designed the Banshee in 1969. He had been building Flying Juniors which had been winning races. The Sunfish was out, and Richard thought there was room for a mass-market boat a bit more substan
tial. He used the hull shape of the FJ as his model, making a few minor modifi¬ cations. The first fleets were in Foster City and at the San Jose SC." First notice: The kinder, gentler Kenwood Cup 2000 (shortened to 8 buoy races, a 55-miler, and the 148-mile Molokai Race) is scheduled for July 31August 9. Presently 10-12 Farr 40s are
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expected, as this will be considered their Pacific Region Championship and the KCup team rules may be modified to require a Farr 40 on each country's three-boat squad. The San Francisco J/105 fleet has asked for a separate class in the Kenwood
Cup, which apparently will be granted if they can field at least eight entries. Jaren Leet, who is spearheading the J/105 ef¬ fort, seems optimistic that this will hap¬ pen. Other boats expressing early inter¬ est include several new IMS 50-footers, two or three Farr 60s, and two new Farr 52s. Contact race director Ken Morrison at (808) 946-9061 for more info. South of the Border: Southwestern YC's 62-mile Little Ensenada Race — the easiest of a^l the Mexican races — was even slower than usual this year. The CM 1200 Eclipse topped the 82-boat fleet, sailed by Tim Batcher without owner Bill Bannasch on board. Doug Baker's Andrews 70+ Magnitude took line hon¬ ors in the slow time (for them) of 9 hours, 13 minutes. See Box Scores fq>r more. Next up on the Cerveza Circuit is Long Beach YC's Mazatlan Race on November 13. Last we heard, only four boats had signed up — not really enough for a mean¬ ingful race. . . San Diego YC's Puerto Vallarta Race ("FVY2K") is expected to at¬ tract a much bigger fleet for its February 15-19 starts. This race, unlike Del Rey YC's odd-year version, mercifully cuts off first 100 miles of the course (i.e., the fickle
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THE RACING waters inside Catalina) as well as the last dozen miles in Banderas Bay (it ends off Punta Mita). Unlike past years, PVY2Kwill end at the Paradise Village Beach Resort in Nuevo Vallarta. Call SDYC at (619) 2218400 for more info. . .'The venue will switch to Marina Vallarta for the follow¬ ing week's MEXORC, which has been ex¬ panded an 8-race, 1-throwout and one layday format again. Call Frank Whitton at (610) 225-8033 for more info on MEXORC. Sale boats of the month: Jake Cart¬ wright, owner of Tag Aviation in San Mateo, has ordered a new WylieCat 30. . . . Two new SC 52s were sold at the re¬ cent Annapolis Boat Show, one of which is going to a Michigan owner and the other to Bob and Bonnie Fraik of Tiburon. The Fraiks are moving up from a Beneteau 352 and will use the new 52 almost ex¬ clusively for cruising. . . Five new J/105s have been sold in SoCal (two in Del Rey, two in San Diego and one in Newport), as well as three more J / 120s (San Diego, Del Rey, Newport) and a J/160. The latter boat, hull #21,. was sold to 36-year-old NHYC member Jim Madden. He has named the boat Stark Raving Mad, and
has the distinction of being the first boat to sign up for PVY2K. . . A Polish team headed by Roman Paszke has bought the famous maxi-cat Explorer, which achieved her greatest fame in '93 when she broke the mythical 80-day round-theworld barrier (Jules Verne Trophy). Paszke intends to enter the soon-to-be-renamed boat in The Race, now just 14 months
Vicki Sodaro and her 'Tiburon Soccer Mom'crei were fifth (not sixth as reported last month), i, the Women's Roiex Regatta in September.
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sponsor Boatscape.com, as well as a new race co-manager, Peter Craig's Premiere Racing (which also runs Key West Race Week). The regatta, whose new name will be Boatscape.com/North Sails Race Week, will feature new one design starts
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THE RACING SHEET Sir Chay Blyth, the man behind the BT Global Challenge, recently unveiled his next grand adventure — the 9,730-mile Open 60's L'Atlantique Challenge. Set for the summer of 2001, the five-legged tour (Brittany to Wilhehnshaven, Ger¬ many; west to Portsmouth, England; over to Fort Lauderdale; up to Baltimore, back to finish at St. Malo) for crewed Open 60s will offer a $1 million purse. Random notes: Upon rescoring, Vicki Sodaro moved up a place to end up fifth in September's Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship. Equally impressive were her 2.5-day cross-country blitzes towing her J/24 back and forth to Newport, RI. "It was a long way to go for six races," said Vicki. . . . The Aldo Alessio Race on October 1 was a windless bust, with all three com¬ petitors (GI, Taxi Dancer, Mongoose) bail¬ ing out "after 24 unexciting hours" at Monterey. No word yet on who was de¬ clared the '99 ULDB 70 season champ. . . . JY-15 national champ John Mollicone of East Greenwich, RI, won US Sailing's Champion of Champions Regatta in Augusta, GA, last month. George Szabo
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With reports this month on Choosing a Caribbean Charter Venue, An American Invasion of New Zealand, and miscellaneous Charter Notes.
Caribbean Dreaming (Part I): So Many Choices Deeply entwined in the California phyche is a love of sunshine and the great outdoors. But since most of us don't get to enjoy 'Baywatch weather’ 12 months a year — if ever — it's no wonder our state is a major market for Eastern Caribbean tourism. Among the hords who flock to those tropical latitudes each year, especially during the winter months, are sailors in search of not only a sun tan, but ideal trade wind sailing conditions and clean, clear water. Here in the Bay Area, where 'layering' is the watchword of every out¬ door enthusiast, it's hard to imagine a place where you never need to wear more than a t-shirt — where you could sleep comfortably all night on a bed of soft coral sand without so much as a windbreaker. True, the Eastern Caribbean cruising grounds are a long way away, but not nearly as far as the prime sailing regions of the South Pacific. From San Francisco, it's possible to get all the way to the Vir¬ gin Islands, or destinations down island' such as Antigua, in one long day. The hard part is deciding which of a half-dozen cruising grounds to sail in. Throughout the Eastern Caribbean there are well-maintained, late-model bareboats to choose from as well as a vast collection of luxury crewed yachts that Below: Ah, St. Barths, the little French gem of the Leeward Antilles. Favorite isle of rock stars and royalty, you'll love it too. Seen here is Baie St. Jean. Right: On the back roads of Antigua, oldtimers still travel ‘the old-fashioned way.'
can accommodate two to 12 guests. With unlimited time and money, the ultimate getaway would be to spend perhaps six months exploring every island group along the 600-mile chain from Puerto Rico to Grenada — and even then, you'd have a hard time seeing all there is to see. So, assuming you only have a week or 10 days — and we'd strongly recomment you spring for at least 10 days, if possible — which area should you pick? The choice comes down to a few key criteria: Do you require fine dining and nightlife, or do you prefer chowing down with the locals in humble, thatch-roofed beach bars? Do you like to be close to mainstream tourism infrastructure such as duty-free shopping, or do you avoid it like the plague? Do you like short-hop sailing between nearby anchorages, or do you relish the challenge of open-water passages between major islands. And fi¬ nally, do you have a preference for En¬ glish, French, Spanish or Dutch cultures? The latter issue touches on the rich cultural heritage of the Caribbean basin. If you remember your world history, you know that the Caribbean isles were con¬ sidered to be hot properties during the early days of colonization, when the French, English, Spanish, Danish and Dutch all vied for footholds in the new world. Caribbean plantations were booming while many American colo¬
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the cluster, the easterly trade winds blow steadily, as advertised, and there are hun¬ dreds of boats to choose from. All these elements conspire to attract both Euro¬ peans and North Americans year round. For first-time charterers, the BVI is the hands-down favorite. Continuing along the crescent to the southwest, lie the Leeward Antilles, and further south the Windwards. Each re¬ gion has two or three island groups ide¬ ally suited to chartering by either bare¬ boat or crewed yacht. We'll touch on the highlights of each of them next month in Part II of our 'island cruise'. Until then, keep on pipe dreaming and squirreling away those charter vacation bucks. — latitude/aet
Cruising New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf: An American Invasion
ing one-way charters from the U.S. Vir¬ gins, downwind to Puerto Rico (roughly 45 miles). Culebra and Vieques are the two large islands along the route, neither of which receives any mainstream tour¬ ism whatsoever. Clusters of smaller, un¬ inhabited islands along the way make this region inticing for those who want to do a bit of exploring and snorkeling on a path less traveled. Adding sparkle to this mix, however, is the option of browsing for bar¬ gains in St. Thomas' famous duty free shops at the beginning of your trip, and/ or taking in some of Puerto Rico's diverse attractions (it is the largest island and eco¬ nomic hub of the Eastern Caribbean) such as a visit to its primeval rain forest or a stint in cosmopolitan San Juan, with it’s fine restaurants that often feature cuisine from old Espaha. The U.S. bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark for a song ($25 million) back in 1917 and the Danes have been kicking themselves ever since. Like Puerto Rico, these islands comprise a U.S. territoiy, but their cultural heritage is com¬ pletely different. Spain never ruled them, but both Britain and Denmark did. The eastern half of the Virgin Islands archi¬
pelago has long been known as the Brit¬ ish Virgins Islands or BVI, which, as any astute reader of yachting magazines surely knows, is the most popular char¬ tering area on Earth. Although the U.S. islands have their charms — especially St. John, which is primarily a National Park — the lay of the land in the British Virgins makes it abso¬ lutely ideal for short-hop chartering. With only a mile or two between anchorages, you can literally touch several islands in a single day. Fifteen years ago, when the local government realized that chartering could grow into a key element of this Brit¬ ish Protectorate's 'one-crop' tourism economy, it approved a vast system of overnight mooring buoys for charter boats which has kept anchor damage to reefs to a minimum. Virtually all of the territory's pristine underwater realm is a protected marine sanctuary. Ashore, marine-related infrastructure has become dramatically more sophisti¬ cated in recent years, yet development in general has increased at a very cautious pace. And, we're happy to report, there are still anchorages with no development at all, where solitude rules supreme. Sea conditions are calm due to the sheltering effect of the outer islands in
Since all eyes are on New Zealand this month with the start of the Challenger Series, we thought it an appropriate time to introduce you to another aspect of the island nation's appeal: yacht chartering. Bay Area author Marlene Allen shares the highlights of her trip there last spring. On March 4, the Kiwis on the North Island of New Zealand must have thought a brigade of Americans had arrived to take A trip to sparsely-developed St. Kitts and Nevis is like traveling back through time. Hand-hewn sailing craft still transport interisland goods.
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over their Island and steal back the Cup. But no, it was just 180 members of CCA, (Cruising Club of America) coming to pick up their thirty-five charter boats and par¬ ticipate in their CCA National Winter Cruise. Popular Bay of Islands was too small a cruising ground for this group, hence the choice of the Hauraki Gulf was made by the San Francisco Station which organized and did all the planning. It was a masterful job, headed by Cruise Chair¬ man Bob Van Blaricorn and his commit¬ tee, who spent a year checking out har¬ bors, coves, and islands to fit this group — no easy task. Used to chartering a few boats for a week at a time, the Kiwis were somewhat bowled over by the number of boats we required during one ten-day period — vir¬ tually every bareboat in the area. Appar¬ ently they needed our dollars to campaign for the Cup, however, so arrangements were quickly made with The Moorings in Bay of Islands, Sunsail and Sail Connec¬ tion in Auckland, and Island Rover in Gulf Harbour. Gulf Harbour was where the water be¬ came. . . a little muddy. The two Ameri¬ cans who ran Island Rover had accepted deposit money from CCA members — in¬ cluding us and Monty Cochran of Santa Barbara — then disappeared into the night with all of Island Rover’s money. Talk about leaving a bad wake! This left many Kiwi boat owners, as well as the hopeful CCA charterers, in the lurch with
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very little time before the start of the Cruise. But the Kiwi boat owners came through for us. The fleet consisted of Beneteaus, Oceanis, catamarans, a Farr, a Sun Odyssey, a 73-ft poweryacht, a 12.7m Power Cat, and a 72-ft motorsailer. One member also cruised on his own J/ 160, while another locally-based member sailed aboard a 48-ft cutter. We picked up our chartered 40-ft catama¬ ran, named Hibiscus Star, in Gulf Harbour, Bay of Islands which lies several hours northwest of Auckland, Pacific Ocean on the tip of the Whangaparoa Penin¬ sula. The owner rode with us to our rendez¬ Little Barrier Island vous with the rest of the fleet at Auckland’s Barrier Island Westhaven Marina, lit¬ Hauraki Gulf erally 'showing us the ropes' along the way. Waiheke Island The first night all 180 sailors, wives, sig¬ V Coromandel nificant others, kids Peninsula and grandkids, met at the Royal New Zealand
Clockwise from upper left: Idyllic Kawau Island; a Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 'out sta¬ tion'; clowning at a beach BBQ; the fleet con¬ verged on normally uncrowded anchorages; Cruising Club enthusiasts, Marlene and Bob. Yacht Squadron, holder of the Cup, for a fabulous dinner. The next day the wind blew like hell. Some boats left for the first anchorage in Muddy Bay, Waiheke Island, but the rest of us waited until the following day to make the run under better conditions. We charged up the Hauraki Gulf like a freight train, sometimes making 10 knots. That was quite a new experience for Bob and me, who've owned a Morgan 41 for 23 years, and Monty Cochran who normally plies the seas in a 65-foot schooner. After the exhilarating sail we dropped anchor off Pakatoa Island, about two miles east of the west end of Waiheke Island. Soon the whole fleet covered the waters off¬ shore, having safely avoided the sub¬ merged power cable and reef. The resort on Pakatoa provided an excellent meal for all of us hungry seamen. The next day we rounded Pakatoa and saw a small boat high and dry on a reef. It still looked savable, and we prayed somebody soon would arrive to pull it off. We set our course for Te Kourna Har¬ bour on the' Coromandel Peninsula, one of the prettiest anchorages in New
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Zealand. The hardiest souls among us had a day of swimming, while others enjoyed a nap or a date with a good book. Several Kiwi cruising boats came into the bay, gasped at the imposing anchored CCA fleet, and quickly left. We disproved their theory that it was the off season, and therefore the anchorages would be empty. We all met on the beach for cocktails, along with finger food provided by each boat’s cook. While our boat crew stuffed their faces with goodies, sand fleas en¬ joyed their dinrter on us. Our next destination was Whangaparapara Harbour on Barrier Island. The wind blew right on the nose, lightened up, then quit. We turned on the iron jenny. This began to remind me of sailing in the Northwest and Alaska. Other cruisers went into nearby Tiyphena Harbour to re¬ plenish beer supplies. Both the above harbors had good holding ground in sand, surrounded by beautiful pastoral scen¬ ery. The next day the crew of Hibiscus Star headed for the Broken Islands, an inter¬ esting and safe route on the way tq Port Fitzroy. We went through Man O’ War Pas¬ sage, being careful to skirt the hidden Paget Rock in the middle of the channel which is awash at low tide. Our timing must have been doubly good, since there can be a two-knot current running
through there on a flood tide. We anchored near Port Fitzroy’s small community store to make our beer and New Zealand wine run, and to dump our trash. While our crew sampled the wine, other boats came into the pier for water and fuel. The next day we motored two bays down to Kairara Bay, site of the next beach party. The heavens opened up and poured down buckets of rain. Actually, that was good news because it cleaned the salt off the windows. I did not say ports, because like a powerboat, this cat had big windows which exposed all the gorgeous outdoor sights without us mov¬ ing anything more than our eyes. Toward the witching hour for the beach party — this time hosted by CCA Commodore James Pitney — the rain stopped. I guess even in New Zealand Commodores have clout. It was now March 11, and we had been looking forward to sailing to Kawau Is¬ land on a beam reach. Wouldn’t you know it! The rain swept away all the wind, send¬ ing it to Australia or somewhere. As a con¬ sequence, for the next 28 miles we en¬ dured the rumble of the engines. We had been warned to watch for Maori Rock, not always easily seen, when ap¬ proaching Kawau Island via the North Channel. It had a reputation for eating up boat bottoms. Bob Van Blaricom said it darn near snagged his boat, Sea Bear, when he was there years earlier. The day positively bloomed with hot air as we skirted Maori Rock, watching suds sliding off the hard surface in little ed¬ dies. We dropped anchor in Mansion House Bay where Sir George Gray, the former Governor of New Zealand, had built an imposing home, sur=== rounded by unusual exotic plants and imported wallabies. We found good hiking trails near the home. The blue of the surrounding water almost hurt our eyes with its intensity. Woe to the sailor who forgets a hat and sun screen in this country, for his name shall be called Melanoma. The next day we entered Bon Accord Harbour and re-anchored with the fleet in School House Cove in front of the Kawau Island Yacht Club. KIYC is an outstation of the Royal New Zealand YS. This
harbor fairly bursts with boats during high season because of its natural beauty and proximity to Auckland. KIYC provided a great barbecue, increasing the size of everyone’s waistline. Our final day, March 14, ended in Gulf Harbour Marina, backing in to the per¬ manent slip where our charter had started. Others in our group were as¬ signed berths for their boats so they could whoop it up at the final dinner at the Gulf Harbor Yacht Club. Prior to the festivi¬ ties, however, it looked like a lemming run when everyone piled off their boats and made a beeline to the marina showers. Suffice it to say we loved sailing the Hauraki Gulf off the North Island of New Zealand, with its many secluded anchor¬ ages. Due to hidden rocks and change¬ able weather, however, it was one of the more challenging areas many of us had sailed in — and we are all experienced cruisers. Ah, those clever Kiwis, living in the 'land of the long white cloud', will really give the U.S. teams a run for their money in the big Cup races. After watching a couple of match races, we came home to pray, and tell people to contribute more money to our American campaigns. — marlene b. alien mill valley Ed. note: Marlene recently published a book about her cruising adventures titled Running with the Tide.
Charter Notes One or two new boats seem to enter the Bay Area charter scene every year. Breezin' along aboard 'Hibiscus Star', formerly of Island Rover Yacht Charters.
WORLD OF CHARTERING Some soon fizzle, while others endure. We have a feeling Mark Sange's new custom C&C 48, Incognito, will fall into the latter cat¬ egory. Mark is a long-time charter hand who spent 10 years running luxury charters in Greece and Turkey aboard Serena, a 62-ft sloop, and most recently ran a popular San Fran¬ cisco-based water taxi (which he recently sold). In addition to Mark's track record, the fact that he's going after a new niche will put him in good stead against the com¬ petition. His idea is to target stress-out workaholics who know they need a change of pace and introduce them to the theraputic affect of bashing to windward at 20 knots with the lee rail buried. "I con¬ sider myself to be a personal trainer rather
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With reports this monthfrom Inverlochy in the southwest Pacific on good times and thefts; from Tahirih on Costa Rica's Cocos Island; from Santana on buying a catamaran in France and sailing her to the U.S.;from Dreamer on a possible last season— and a tempting offer — in Malaysia and Thai¬ land; from Chesapeake on running from and living through hurricane Floyd; from Annapurna on the joy of Fiji; and Cruise Notes.
Inverlochy — 50-ft Gaff Yawl Uwe & Anne Dobers Brisbane, Australia (San Francisco) As residents of San Francisco who needed a break from the foggy Bay, we flew to Australia in 1998. After much searching, we found a boat that matched what we were looking for: a 50-foot gaffrigged motorsailer. After a few months and a good few thousand dollars, we departed Darwin in September and headed north¬ east toward Indonesia. Fearing the tumultuous political cli¬ mate in Indonesia more than the weather, we had no idea how it would be. It turned out just fine, as most of the troubles were in faraway Jakarta. We visited mostly re¬ mote islands, and in many cases the resi¬ dents were unaware of the troubles. In any event, after spending three months in the Malukan Chain, we were no less than intrigued by Indonesia. The country has many mysterious hidden paradises and antiquities, so we were more than content to explore. Our next stops were Irian Jaya to the east, and then Micronesia's beautiful Palau further to the north. Based on the fees, it would be fair to say that Palau doesn’t encourage cruising boats to visit. The fee for entering — and valid for just Uwe and Anne hoped to sail their 50-ft gaff motorsailer from Australia to California, but a number of thefts changed their minds.
one month — was $300- We were also re¬ quired to pay a $50 water tax, $20 to visit each state, and $10 for a fishing license in each state. Those alone put a deep hole in our cruising budget! And it didn't get much better, as our outboard was stolen from our dinghy. The police were no help at all, basically saying that the crime wasn't worth investigating. Just before we reached Chuk (Truk), we lost the tip of the main mast, jib, and furler in the midst of a squall. While later anchored in peaceful Weno Harbor in the state of Chuk, we were boarded by local pirates at 0400. Among other things, they stole all our papers, passports, and credit cards. Once again the police weren't in¬ terested. When we were again robbed at Pohnpei, our next stop, the thieves left the boat in a terrible mess. Having had enough, we decided to abandon our plan of sailing back to San Francisco, and re¬ treated to Gladstone in May of '99 to think things over. We've decided to put the boat up for sale, buy another boat in the States, and start our cruise from here. Before the start of our adventure; we talked about acquiring a gun for self-de¬ fense. We decided against it — primarily because all the regulations would have made it so difficult. However, there were times when we would have been glad to have had a weapon to ward off potential pirates. Where does one draw the line for safety? Should adventures in such islands
include such threats, or do we have the right to protect ourselves and our prop¬ erty? We would still be a little hesitant to carry weapons, but are interested to know what other cruisers think. In order to be brief, we have omitted many fantastic experiences. Despite our troubles, it was really a terrific cruise. Indonesia, in particular, was great and we would not hesitate going back. — anne & uwe 08/06/99
Tahirih — Hardin 44 Genie & Chris Blomfield-Brown Cocos Island, Costa Rica (Bainbridge Island, WA) Last month we wrote about thieves breaking into our boat in southern Costa Rica and stealing and/or damaging many of our valuables. As a result, we said that it was only with hesitation that we could recommend Costa Rica to other cruisers. This month we're happy to report we have much nicer things to say about a differ¬ ent part of Costa Rica — Cocos Island. Although off the beaten path — 275 miles west of the mainland and only a
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Spread; Uwe and Anne at Palau, Micronesia. In¬ set left; 'Inverlochy' in the sling at Darwin, Aus¬ tralia. Inset right; Costa Rica's Cocos Island. minuscule dot on the atlas — small and uninhabited Cocos Island has nonethe¬ less been the subject of outsized atten¬ tion for centuries. Everything from rumors of buried treasure, to tremendous sealife, to fabulous fauna and flora have attracted adventurers, scientists, and cruisers to the island. Having had the privilege of vis¬ iting such a memorable place, we'd like to recommend it to others. We'd hoped to sail most of the 280 miles from Bahia Herradura in the Gulf of Nicoya to Cocos Island, but that dream was soon abandoned because of a com¬ bination of little or no wind, frequent squalls, and powerful current. If the pas- * sage was a little disappointing, the desti¬ nation wasn't. Mysterious and majestic. Cocos Island seemed to suddenly appear out of the chapeau of clouds, covered with what appeared to be multiple shades of green velvet. Soon we could distinguish some of the over 100 waterfalls that send water tumbling down the steep, lush cliffs
before it flows into the pristine Pacific. Before we could anchor in the calm waters of the Bay of Chatham, two park rangers in a panga directed us to one of the moorings. They courteously explained that the moorings were not only safer for our boat, but also less damaging to the underwater life. Dressed in kahki uni¬ forms bearing the island’s logo — a ham¬ merhead shark — on the back, the two officials handled the paperwork without any undo formality. We could sense their pride in working in what they described as "the best national park in Costa Rica". The rangers' commitment to the pres¬ ervation of the island makes them take a hard line with law-breakers. They told us that not long before we arrived they had confiscated a cruiser's inflatable and fishing equipment for violating the prohibi¬ tion on fishing. In order to keep the food chain balanced, the rangers explained, fishing is not permitted within 8.5 miles of the island. Indeed, most people come to see Cocos’ thriving marine life underwater — not served as an appetizer. Cruising friends had warned us over the SSB about the high price of admission to this Costa Rican National Park and
World Heritage Site: $15 person/day and $15 boat/per day. But nobody had men¬ tioned that we’d also be charged $4/person/day for diving. Alas, all beautiful things have their price. Anxious to take full advantage of our visit, we decided we’d begin diving early the following morning. To end our introductory afternoon, we visited the small ranger station facing the mooring buoys, where we met Elwig, a young and enthusiastic ranger. He en¬ couraged us to hike to Wafer Bay before we left, so we could visit the main ranger station which is beautifully built of teak. He also pointed out a few rocks which had been meticulously carved as many as 180 years ago by intrepid captains and crews who'd come in search of hidden fortune. The treasure of Lima, representing the wealth from conquered forts in Peru and Chile, was supposedly buried on Cocos by Britain's Admiral Cochrane sometime between 1820 and 1826. The booty has never been found, however, and only fairly recently has the Costa Rican government put a stop to the Swiss cheese-like drill¬ ing. As anticipated, we found the diving to be excellent, with fine visibility and much to see. One of the most impressive mo¬ ments was our first encounter with a group of hammerhead sharks. Even though we'd repeatedly been told that, they would ignore us if we behaved accord¬ ingly, it was still a thrilling experience. No, we weren't watching an Imax movie; this was real, with pairs — and even schools — of sharks passing swiftly by just meters away. Enchanted by such a , unique experience, we made additional dives on each of the remaining four days we were there. While still captivated by This waterfall isn't at Cocos, but the island has over 100 similar to it. Is there anything sweeter to a sailor than lots of freshwater?
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the sight of the hammerheads, we also marveled at the schools of white and black tip sharks as well as the huge manta rays. Our hike from Chatham, to Wafer Bay was periodically challenging — especially right after heavy rainfalls. After admiring some of the carvings — and notably Cousteau’s unforgettable Calypso symbol — it seemed as though we were headed straight up to the clouds. When we reached the ridge, the trail leveled off and zig-zagged through all sorts of vegetation. The cloud forest offers unusual beautiful views — and many examples of epiphytes, bromeliads and orchids. While visiting the main ranger station, we were shown a miniature papier mache replica of the island — and told the story of a warplane that had crashed into the side of Cerro Inglesias, the island's tall¬ est peak. Elwig told us there was a trail leading to the crash site — although it was overgrown in some areas and not ob¬ vious in others, and therefore not very safe. When he told us that a tourist who started the hike several years ago had never returned, we were even more eager to go. We began our hike to the ill-fated B24 early in the morning. We were guided by pink plastic ribbons tied along the way — which gave the experience the atmo¬ sphere of a treasure hunt. Our favorite company and guardian angels on the way were the whistling Paloma de Espiritu Santo, which are pure white doves that liked to flutter over our heads. The veg¬ etation was dense, calling for frequent use of our machete. Shaped by the whims of nature, the uneven terrain demanded all our attention. It was even more of a struggle going downhill — especially where the grass was too thick for us to know where we were stepping and where there was no longer a trail. Every time we stopped to catch our breath or to snack, we were amazed at the unimpenetrable-looking landscape that lay before us. But with the peak fi¬ nally in sight and the assumption that the plane was half-buried on the flank of the small mountain, we maintained a sus¬ tained rhythm. But suddenly we were fac¬ ing the second and last sign to the site, announcing the few last hundred meters of narrow downhill trail — partly washed out by a series of streams. The wrecked plane was scattered all about. If you made an effort to clear parts of the jungle, you could find all kinds of pieces of the plane and her gear — in¬ cluding the faded U.S. colors on one of the wings. But the jungle owned the re¬ mains now. A memorial, with both pro¬ Page208 • LMmUIS • November. 1999
pellers and parts of the fuselage, had been made in a tiny clearing. Elwig later told us that Swiss family members of some of the five dead soldiers had hiked to the site a while ago to pay their respects. We enjoyed our self-guided tour, try¬ ing to figure out the puzzle without dis¬ turbing the sacred veil surrounding the scene. We hiked out and back via the Cerro Iglesias summit, where we signed the log. As we made our way to Wafer Bay, we discussed coming back again some¬ day to retrace our steps. We were given a rather unconventional ride from the ranger station back to our boat. Kalib, one of the rangers, told us to keep our hands inside, and soon had us flying through a tunnel that was no less than 100 yards long and facing the off¬ shore swell! The rangers assured us not many visitors got such a thrilling ride to end their day. After thanking our friends and ex¬ changing last good-byes, we prepared for departure back to the mainland of Costa Rica — with two extra crew, as two of the rangers needed to get back home. After 45 days on the island, they were anxious to see their families again. Two fresh work-
Inset left; Gerrie and Chris of 'Tahirih'. Spread and inset right; Tom and Joyce Boyton and their Catana 411 'Santana' in Bermuda. ers would be arriving aboard dive boats, along with food supplies, to take their places. There was never a dull moment on the Cocos, where it was easy to find both se¬ renity and action, as well as mystery — and maybe a mirror of what the world used to be. What a memorable getaway! — gerrie & chris 10/1/99
Santana — Catana 41 Tom and Joyce Boyton Monohull To Multihull (San Francisco) Joyce and I sailed out the Gate and turned left in the fall of 1988. It wasn't entirely Latitude's fault, but you weren't 'blameless either. Although we've since changed oceans and boats, we still keep San Francisco’ on the transom. Actually, we keep it on the stern quarters rather than the transom, as we currently own a catamaran. We now want to cruise to Cuba. Again, it’s largely Latitude's fault. We keep think¬ ing of the old-time privateers who were issued 'letters of marque' legalizing their illegal activities. What are the chances we
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could get documentation from Latitude certifying us as journalists? We would be willing to supply text and pictures for such bureaucratic air cover. You would prob¬ ably want to know more about us, and your readers might want to know more about cruising in a modem production cat. So here goes: Our previous boat was Rosie, a Nordic 40, which we purchased through Paul Kaplan at City Yachts. We had her outfit¬ ted for our Mexico voyage by Hank Easom in Sausalito shortly before he closed up shop. I mention these people to indicate that we had become accustomed to being well-treated by sailing professionals who knew what they were doing. Anyway, we left the Gate in '88 and spent two seasons in Mexico. After bring¬ ing Rosie back to Southern California, we did some land cruising and then trucked our boat to the Great Lakes. The lakes are probably not on the cruising itineraiy of many Latitude readers, but if they should find themselves in the area, I be¬ lieve their only serious disappointment would be with the short length of the sea¬ son. The Great Lakes have beaches and rock-bound coasts, major metropolitan areas and private gunkholes, and full-ser¬ vice marinas. There are no marine mam¬
mals in the lakes, but we have seen deer, moose and had a bear swim past the cock¬ pit. A swan once attacked the boat be cause she was afraid our cat was a dan¬ ger to her cygnets. The call of a loon in a deserted anchorage sends shivers up my spine. Unfortunately, the good season in the Great Lakes is less than three months long. And for at least five months you must worry about the water turning hard on you. In five seasons we cruised four out of the five Great Lakes — and then travelled down the Erie Canal to Annapo¬ lis. The following year we did a season in Maine. For a few years we'd been trying to find a new, larger boat. Unfortunately, we'd developed a number of personal preju¬ dices and had become quite attached to Rosie. Therefore, it was difficult for us to find another boat that would satisfy us. We did put a deposit on a 50-foot Sundeer-like design thatTPI proposed to build. When ours turned out to be the only deposit, Ev Pearson cancelled the project. As our boat search became more frus¬ trating, I began to widen the field and con¬ sider multihulls. I had to keep this to myself, however, as all Joyce knew about multihulls was that they capsized and people died. End of discussion. But I kept looking. I found fast trimarans, but they had limited volume for accommodation. I also found condo cats' with luxurious accommodations, but they had a reputa¬ tion for poor sailing ability. Nonetheless, I also became convinced that a properly designed and built multihull would be as safe offshore as a good keel boat. While wandering around on my own at the '97 Annapolis Show, I explored the multihulls — and had an epiphany! I met Chris White aboard his Atlantic 42 de¬ sign and discovered daggerboards! They meant we could have the generous accom¬ modations of a cat — and still point higher than a reach. I also discovered the rebut¬ tal to Joyce's worries about flipping over: in extreme circumstances a catamaran might capsize — but she shouldn't sink. The next day Joyce and I went looking at catamarans together. The Atlantic 42 is a beautifully built boat that not only looks like she would sail well, but has a very credible reputation for doing so. Un¬ fortunately for us, she has the galley down — we wanted ours up on the bridgedeck. She also is an unusual design with the cockpit forward of the pilothouse. With the benefit of experience, I now under¬
stand the logic of the cockpit forward — although it would not be my choice. But then it just looked weird. Next door to the Atlantic 42 was the only other cruising catamaran with daggerboards, a Catana. The next day we went for a brief test sail. The following week we flew to France for a more rigor¬ ous test sail — and then signed on the dotted line. Obviously we're not wafflers. I'd put the deposit on my own SC 27 the day after I helped a friend check out the sail inventory in his new SC 27. So everybody understands our per¬ spective, we like to sail as opposed to motor. For example, when I helped that friend check out his SC 27, we didn't want to go to the trouble of putting the out¬ board back on to get into the slip, so we just sailed her in — backwards. When I bought my SC 27, she came with a Johnson 6 hp outboard and a full six-gal¬ lon tank of gas. Even though I took the boat out about twice a week, there was still original gas in the tank when I sold her two years later. While I never sailed the Nordic into her slip, we have picked up moorings while under sail. And when my dad and I did the Baja bash' back to San Diego, we sailed almost the entire way. Is the Catana 411 as maneuverable as keel boats? No. However, she sails well enough so that we only used 40 gallons of fuel from Madeira to Bermuda when coming across the Atlantic. The cat's small jib is very easy to deal with, but the main is huge — and the back half of the boom is difficult to access due to the semi-permanent bimini. As I write this, a sailmaker , is retro-fitting the main with the Dutch¬ man system in hopes of making it easier to use. A sistership to 'Santana'streaks across the grey waters of the Med, kicking up spray. She doesn't tack quite as smoothly.
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Poor access to the main has been a problem. In 10 years with Rosie, I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of times we left harbor with¬ out raising the main — even if we were going to motorsail. But on the Catana in the Bahamas last winter, we frequently moved between anchorages without un¬ covering the main because it is so much work. However, it's very easy to reef and shake out a reef. Tacking singlehanded on a keel boat such as Rosie was a piece of cake, be¬ cause all the necessary sheets, winches, wheel/tiller and so forth were within easy reach of one spot in the cockpit. On our cat, it's at least 15 feet between the port and starboard jib sheet winches. Our Catana also has a peculiar triangular mainsheet arrangement that utilizes two separate mainsheets — one leading to each corner of the stern beam. This al¬ lows for good control of leech tension and of the boom during a gybe, but it requires a lot of easing out of one sheet while haul¬ ing in on the other — when the two mainsheets winches are 10 feet apart! If there is a graceful way to let one jib sheet out and pull another in, and one main sheet out and another in — while steer¬ ing the boat quickly through the wind and steady up on a new course singlehanded — we have yet to figure it out. On the other hand, it's a joy to deal with the spinnaker. We have been known to fly the spinnaker while leaving the main covered because it's easier to deal with the chute. When we ordered the boat, we did not want the usual layout which maximizes 'Santana's' pilothouse, salon, and 'up' galley are things that the Boytons have found very much to their liking.
the number of berths and heads. As such, our boat has one large head and three double berths. The starboard hull also had six feet of closet space, while the port has the ship's office — including a desk, book shelves, drawers and such. Joyce keeps her spinning wheel, loom and sew¬ ing machine in one cabin, and we still have a cabin left over for guests. There is so much space on our boat that we lose things! The pilothouse/galley/salon is won¬ derfully comfortable and affords great vis¬ ibility. With the autopilot controls inside, it's quite possible to stand watch inside the salon — except in crowded waters. In confined waters, I get good exercise run¬ ning from the port wheel to the starboard wheel to make sure it's clear ahead on both sides. One of the great features of a cat is that there is a convenient and logical place to stow a hard-bottom dinghy. Since the hulls extend aft of the wing deck, the davits are forward of the transoms, and the dinghy nestles safely between the hulls. Since it is so convenient, we are more likely to hoist the dinghy at night — reducing problems of bottom growth and theft. We do not feel as confident in our abil¬ ity to park the cat in an anchorage as we did with the Nordic. Part of this is because they told us that a Bruce anchor would i not fit in the hawse pipe, so we had to settle for another type of anchor. (Late breaking news: We just got off the phone with the yard which rebuilt our cat after we got back from France. They say they should be able to get a Bruce to work with a slight modification to the hawse pipe. It's yet another example of how we feel the French blew us off. If anyone ever needs work done on a boat in Chesapeake Bay, we can heartily recommend Zahniser's at Solomon's Island. Do not expect a low-ball price, but do expect to have the work done right the first time.) It's true that by having so much above the water and so little below, cats quickly drift downwind in a breeze. This makes it difficult to lay out chain evenly without dragging the anchor. Hopefully we'll learn to deal with this better. In theory, the cat's shallow draft opens up many anchorage areas not" available to keel boats. Practically, shallow draft keel and keel/centerboard boats often don't draw much more than four feet — and we're so paranoid about the fragility of our rudders and saildrives that we find ourselves competing for the same anchor¬
age space with shallow draft monohulls. Speaking of sail drives, they make me nervous, as they seem like a weak link. Overall we like the design of our cat. We've tried to make clear that sailing per¬ formance is important to us, and our cat does sail well. She's just not as nimble as a monohull and she's not easy to tack underway. She is, however, very comfort¬ able both underway and at anchor, and Joyce virtually never gets seasick any¬ more. Our biggest disappointment, however, has been the quality of the builder. We have hilarious — or maybe sad — stories about some aspects of the construction of our boat, but we won't bore you with our kvetching. Let us just say that Catana is not up to the customer satisfaction standards of Kaplan or Easom. — tom & Joyce 9/15/99 Tom & Joyce — Having owned Profli¬ gate/or two years now, we'd like to make a couple of ’cat comments': 1) We agree that the shallow draft of our cat hasn't meant that much to us, as we prefer a relatively large buffer between
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zens to sail their boats to Fidel-land. The only thing that's illegal is spending while you’re in Cuba, because since 1963 that’s been considered Trading With The Enemy.
Dreamer — Passport 40 Roger and Debby Cason Last Season Cruising? (Sausalito YC)
First-time cruisers often go overboard carrying food, as no matter where you go, from Mexico to Turkey to Grenada to Indonesia — photo above — they've got the food if you've got the money. It's usually fresh and cheap, too! the bottom and our rudders/ daggerboards. 2) We have lots of faith in our saildrives and don't miss the traditional driveshafts and struts at all. Having two engines is great, not only for manueverability, but because if one engine craps out at sea you've got a backup. 3) Ourfirst sail on a big cat was aboard a Lagoon 57 with a self tacking jib — and it made an enormous impression on us. We copied the self-tacking feature for Prof¬ ligate and absolutely love it — as would you. Tacking consists of absolutely noth¬ ing but the helmsman turning the wheel! 4) Other folks with Catanas tell us that the twin mainsheets are an acquired taste — at best — and that access to the main is a real shortcoming. We don’t understand it, but there must be some explanation. 5) As is the case with your cat, Profli¬ gate is a dream to reef— at least upwind. Its odd that this feature isn’t emphasized
more. 6) We're surprised that you don't think your cat is very maneuverable or nimble. We're still rank amateurs compared to catamaran jockies such as Hans of Ad¬ venture Cat or Blair Grinoles q/Capricorn Cat, but can pretty much make her do anything — particularly under power. 7) Maneuvering while anchoring and while at anchor is, we agree, another mat¬ ter. Cats need lots of room to swing to windshifts and respond to gusts differently than monohulls — which is why we try to stay as far away from them as possible. 8) Our bottom line is that Profligate is the easiest boat to singlehand we've ever been on — which, of course, was the whole idea. Oh yeah, Cuba. We had the opportu¬ nity to take Big O to Cuba as legitimate journalists — as long as we were willing to spend about $10,000 on attor neys and six months dealing with our own government's red tape. Screw that! So we just went as normal civilians. Even though we were stopped and searched by the U.S. Coast Guard on the way to Cuba, we had no trouble with them or the Cubans be¬ fore, during or after our adventure. And no wonder, its perfectly legal for U.S. citi¬
Here's an idea for Latitude readers: Why not buy our Passport 40 Dreamer and finish the circumnavigation we started back in '91? For $1,150 roundtrip — on Singapore Airlines, no less — you can fly to the boat in Malaysia, the countiy of contrasts. In the process, you can visit Kuala Lumpur, Georgetown on Penang Island — and even Singapore not too far to the south. After that, you can sail Dreamer among the many small Ma¬ laysian Islands near the duty-free port of Langkawi — which is just off the north¬ west coast of Malaysia. When you’ve had your fill of the beauty and variety of Malaysia, you should make the two-day sail north to Phuket Island off the southwest coast of exotic Thailand. To even begin to comprehend the incred¬ ible beauty and sailing opportunities around Thailand, gaze through the book Sail Thailand. As hard as it might be to believe, the many beautiful photographs in this book are not misleading. Many American yachties base their boats in either Phuket, Thailand, or Rebak Marina on Rebak Island near Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Not just for months. After cruising in the South Pacific and South¬ east Asia since '91, Debby Cason has an inter, esting proposal for you.
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mind you, but for years. They sail among these splendid islands for six months — November through April — and then re¬ turn to the United States for late spring, summer and early autumn. Then it's back to Thailand for another winter. Jim and Cheryl Beck, for example, are about to begin their 11th cruising season in Thai¬ land this November aboard their Westsail 42 Ptarmigan. Think the airfare would be burden¬ some? When purchased in Malaysia, our round-trip tickets on Singapore Air from Malaysia to Los Angeles cost just $550! Yes, round-trip! So it's really cheap get¬ ting back home whenever you want to. Speaking of money, cruising in Malaysia and Thailand is remarkably inexpensive. We get along fine on just $400 to $500 a month — or about a typical monthly pay¬ ment on a stuck-in-traffic SUV back in the Bay Area. Rather than return to the States, some yachties prefer to stay in Asia during the winter months as well. A few sail to the pristine islands of the Maldives and Chagos in the Indian Ocean. If you play it right, it's downwind both ways! Most re¬ turn to Thailand or Malaysia in August or September. Others cruise up to Kochin, India. From a base in Malaysia or Thai¬ land, side-trips can be arranged to Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, India — and even to Nepal to go trekking in the Himalayas. All for surprisingly low prices. Now about Dreamer. Our Passport 40 has carried us almost halfway around the globe, including three safe and worry-free trips to New Zealand. We'd intended to complete our circumnavigation by now, but our cruising experiences have been so captivating that we've taken our time. As we've lived aboard Dreamer full time for seven years — and are heading back next week for another season — she's in excellent condition. As you might expect, she's completely outfitted for bluewater cruising and is waiting to greet new own¬ ers wanting to dance across oceans or ex¬ plore the thousands of great anchorages in Asia. Potential buyers — as well as those thinking about outfitting their own boats for cruising — might be interested in the gear on our cutter: Two GPS units; Furuno weatherfax; Raytheon 16-mile radar; 70-amp and 160-amp alternators mounted on the main engine; Village Ma¬ rine 7/gal./hour watermater; ICOM M800 single sideband radio and an ICOM 735 ham radio rig with an ICOM automatic tuner; Datamarine windspeed and wind direction indicators; three solar panels Page 212 • LsfcWe?? • November, 1999
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Spread; ‘Dreamer1 on the hook. Inset below; Debby and Ruth of ’Annapurna1 socialize aboard ‘Dreamer1. Inset right too; Debby and Roger. Inset right bottom; In exotic Indonesia, the nose flute — no kidding. (the wind generators were removed from the stem when the second alternator was installed on the Nanni Mercedes 42 horse¬ power diesel engine); five gel-cel batteries with a total of 800 amp hours; five an¬ chors; a reconditioned electric reversing anchor windlass; 300-feet of brand new 3/8-inch high test anchor chain with 60 feet of 3/8-inch high test backup chain; four 300-foot lengths of 5/8-inch nylon anchor line; an 11-foot Lancer hyperlon dinghy with 15 horsepower Mercury out¬ board; a stainless steel arch holding the three solar panels and the hoist for the outboard engine; a cassette player and CD player; all galley equipment and linens. Whew, it's time for a new paragraph! The sail inventory includes one mainsail; two genoas (150% and 105%) for use on the Harken roller furler; two staysails, a working staysail and a storm staysail; a storm trysail; and a spinnaker with a sock. In addition to being fullyequipped, Dreamer is an extremely com¬ fortable, user-friendly boat with a fantastic galley. Her refrigerator and freezer were
totally rebuilt for tropical weather in 1994, and include movable shelves in the stain¬ less steel refrigerator and rock solid freez¬ ing in the stainless steel freezer. They are powered by Dreamer’s engine driven com¬ pressor. It's just $135,000 for this turn-key situation in the middle of some of the world's greatest and least expensive cruis¬ ing. If the prospect this whets your appe¬ tite, e-mail us at: <rogdeb5@hotmail.com>. If we sell the boat, we're coming back to Colorado to build a home. If we don't sell her, we ll probably put her on the hard for a year or two, build the house, then continue on around. — rog&deb 10/15/99
Chesapeake — Catana 44 Marvin & Ruth Stark Hurricane Floyd in New Haven (Folsom) Ruth and I have been cruising the
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northeast United States — Plymouth, Boston, Salem, Marblehead, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, New Bedford, and other great places — for the summer try¬ ing to stay away from hurricanes. But then there was Floyd. Please bear with this disjointed letter, as I started it when we were still out in the peaceful islands, added to it from time to time, and finished it after Floyd — by then a Tropical Storm — passed over. It was from New Haven a little more than 100 years ago — 1895 to be exact — that Joshua Slocum started his famous singlehanded circumnavigation. He was in his 60s when he restored the small wooden Spray and sailed her around the world. How he did it without modem elec¬ tronics such as GPS and an autopilot is beyond me. In fact, it's our GPS and au¬ topilot — along with the engines — that are doing all the work while I type this letter. Speaking of GPS, when we returned from our vacation to California in early September, we set sail on a foggy morn¬
ing and headed north. When we turned on the Garmin handheld GPS and the French GPS, neither of them worked! They'd quit on August 21 — like a lot of older ones. We were so accustomed to to¬ tally relying on the GPS that we weren't sure what to do — but we somehow made it up the coast. While reading Latitude a couple of days later, I learned that if we pushed two buttons at once, the unit would reset itself to zero and start over. The portable Garmin now works, but the older French fixed unft is still out of com¬ mission. With GPS units now so inexpen¬ sive, we'll just buy another as a backup. Anyway, two of the more lovely places we yisited were Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Both had lots of quaint houses with beautiful flowers and landscaping. Some of the streets in Nantucket were paved with ballast stones from old ships, and some houses had been built from ships’ timbers. The whalers made a lot of money plying their trade, so some of the houses are veiy grand. The Nantucket Whaling Museum was well worth a visit. The speaker stood be¬ side a small whaleboat — surrounded by whaling paraphernalia such as harpoons, huge ropes, barrels, wood burning stoves, cauldrons, and fleshing tools — and told us about life on a whaling ship. The most evocative of all was the source of the term Nantucket sleighride'. He explained that it was the feeling whalers in a small boat got when they were being dragged through the water by a big whale. The ride could last for hours — or even an entire day. The harbors at both the Vineyard and Nantucket have a constant stream of boats and ferries coming and going with tourists. Since everything has to be brought over from the mainland, prices are high. A mooring at Nantucket —just an old block of concrete with a chain on it — was $45 a night. That's terrible, as I've paid less for cheap motels! As I write this, we're motoring as fast as we can to make Fairhaven by nightfall — because we've been told that hurricane Floyd is on its way. Fairhaven is quite a ways inland, and has a hurricane wall and gate that closes off the mouth of the bay from the sea. Who would have expected Floyd to track all the way up the coast to New England? It's the next day, and we're in Fairhaven/New Bedford taking refuge. Believe me, the news media has scared the hell out of us — and eveiyone else — with statements such as: "This may be the worst hurricane in a decade," and, "It
will be devastating." When Dan Rather gets all wound up, he and the other news¬ casters seem to compete to see who can make it sound the worse — and they just keep going. We’ve been listening to the radio and watching TV for four or five days now as Floyd has been moving up the coast towards us, and it’s scary! The present forecast calls for winds of 74 to 90 mph with waves between 20 and 30 feet for tonight and tomorrow when the storm passes over. As I type this portion of the letter, the wind is building to a howl. The eye isn't expected to pass over until midnight, when it will be particularly dark and scary. We're nervous, but are to the point where we just want to get it over with. Now they're telling us they are closing the hurricane gates at the mouth of the bay to try to alleviate the storm surge. We are indeed fortunate to have elected to come into Fairhaven and to have found a spot. We are told that this is one of the safest places along the coast. All the fish¬ ing boats are in, million dollar yachts are rafted up to large fishing boats, and even one of the J Class yachts is anchored in the bay. We spent part of the day prepar¬ ing our boat for the coming storm by re¬ moving the cockpit awning and roller furl¬ ing genoa. We also doubled our thickest — one inch — docklines with several lines foreward and several aft to the old trawler we're tied to. We put out all of our fenders and battened everything down. I then spent some time aboard the trawler, re¬ inforcing her docklines, moving fenders, and adding additional lines to the dock. , Since we re rafted to the trawler instead of being tied to the dock, if the trawler goes, we go! The other concern is that the tide is expected to be eight to 10 feet, and the trawler is tied to a fixed pier. We didn't want to tie any of our docklines directly Marvin and Ruth Stark stand in front of 'Chesa¬ peake' while in St. Martin. They subsequently sailed up to the East Coast of the United States.
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to the pier because we didn't want to end up in a position where our catamaran was holding the trawler to the pier, because I don't think our cleats were designed to hold a 40-ton boat. I’ll finish this letter later and let you know if the real thing is worse than our anticipation. In any event, dinner is ready and I'm looking foreword to the fresh apple pie that Ruth baked this afternoon. It's now the 17th of September and we survived! We are very, very fortunate to have lucked into this spot, as we are tucked into an area that is protected on three sides by stout piers with very large boats tied alongside. And thankfully, we didn't get the full force of the wind or seas hitting our boat. The weather forecast had been accurate, as the wind really began to howl from the southeast at about 2100. It first sounded like a large freight train going full steam, then it built until it sounded like a bunch of jet fighters tak¬ ing off! By midnight it was blowing 71 mph — as measured by the swank boat across from us. It eased off a bit around 0200, clocked around to the south, then howled some more. It's now 0800, the wind is peaking at 45 mph from the west, and it's cold. We expect winds in the 45 mph range for the next day or so. In all honesty, what we experienced here was not a hurricane but rather a powerful Tropical Storm. I believe a Cat¬ egory I hurricane requires sustained winds in excess of 74 mph, while we only had sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts to 70 mph. It was enough to give us the idea, however, and we certainly don't ever want to experience a full hurricane. My early morning inspection inchoated Even though hardly anything fun is allowed on Martha's Vineyard — no nude bathing, for god's sake! — it's still worth a visit.
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that everything is all right. I'm glad that I added docklines to the trawler, because one old frayed line broke and the line I added took up the strain. The captain of the trawler just showed up for the first time! He thanked me. That’s about it for now. In a couple of days we'll head on down to Mystic Sea¬ port, Newport, and Long Island — all the while listening to the weather report. By the way, would you believe that live lob¬ sters are $5/lb. here!? — maruin & ruth 9/17/99
Annapurna — Hans Christian 48 Buddy and Ruth Ellison Season In the South Pacific (Sausalito) We left the dock at Whangarei, New Zealand, on May 17 right after being cleared by Customs. Everyone was there from the marina to say good-bye, ex¬ change hugs, and shed a few tears. A number of cruisers left with us that morn¬ ing enroute to either Fiji or Tonga, and others were to follow within a few weeks. A handful decided to stay in New Zealand another year, which had been one of our previous plans, and one couple decided to sell their boat to pursue other activi¬ ties. After the nasty trip from the South Pacific to New Zealand last November, we were hopeful that the return trip to para¬ dise would be downwind in 15 to 20 knots with following seas. We had no such luck, as we got pasted with 25 to 35 knot winds for the whole seven days and four hours it took to complete the 1,275-mile pas¬ sage. Furthermore, we had cloudy skies and choppy seas. We endured saltwater over the side, over the top, over the tran¬ som, into the cockpit, belowdecks — and drips and leaks everywhere. One time I saw Buddy make a mad dash down the companionway — with a wall of water fol¬ lowing him into the galley! It was so wet that I had to tuck my computer and printer away, and couldn’t even send e-mail — oh no! — during the trip. In a moment of stupidity — rare of course — I failed to tuck the computer away, so when a big wave slammed into the side of the boat, I watched the com¬ puter fly through the air before landing on the floor on its side. After I revived myself from my fainting spell, I checked — and it was fine! Hooray for tough Toshibas! With the smacking, boarding waves.
sloshing seas, and constant barrages of water pelting the hull and cabin, Annapurna had her hands full. For ex¬ ample, the wave action under the boat caused water to spew out of the toilet and sink in the aft cabin! And anything that wasn’t nailed down came crashing down. But our Hans Christian did well, kept us safe and relatively dry, and got us to Fiji with no problems. Was the arduous trip worth it? Yes, it was! After all, we got to spend three won¬ derful months in Fiji. Our landfall at Savusavu in April was very exciting, and we ended up spending three weeks there and in the surround¬ ing anchorages with our good friends Roger and Debby on Dreamer. Savusavu seemed very familiar to us, and we sa¬ vored our time there, provisioning, using the computer for Internet access, picking up the local Fijian charts we needed, eat¬ ing out, and waiting for yachtie friends to arrive from New Zealand. Eventually we left and sailed northeast to some wonder¬ ful anchorages. It would be redundant to describe our feelings about the bays, so let’s just say that the bays in Fiji are the most beauti¬ ful we’ve seen so far, the local people are
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More than anything, it's the people that make a place great. These smiling faces show why Fiji is such a favorite with cruisers. nicer and more welcoming than anywhere we’ve been, the weather has been superb, the diving and snorkeling stupendous, and . . . well, you get the picture. Viani Bay, the third one we visited, is a place we'd spent a lot of time when we first stopped by in '96. The Fisher family that owns the land are all still there. We went to church with the crew of the three other boats and were treated as royalty. Every person shook our hand after the service, and then they all gathered to¬ gether for photographs. Jack Fisher, one of the sons on the island, took us all div¬ ing and later welcomed us to his property so we could do our laundry, have lunch, and swim. While visiting these bays, we travelled with new friends from Norway, Sweden, New York, Seattle, and Mill Valley! We spent more time in each anchorage than we planned, and also took more detours to visit other islands. We were always searching for white sandy beaches, friendly villages, and the occasional re¬ sort for a meal out. The custom in Fiji is for visitors to a
village to present a gift (seuuseuu) of kava root (yaqona) to the local representative or dignitary (turaga ni koro) of the village. He then places the sevusevu on the floor in front of the chief. Technically, this al¬ lows the chief to decline to pick up the gift — and supposedly chase you out of his territory. We never heard of this hap¬ pening to any of the yachties. However, one yacht anchored off a village and didn’t come ashore with the seuuseuu until the next day. Despite having the best of in¬ tentions and carrying gifts for everyone, the chief told them to go away from his island! Apparently the sevusevu has to be done immediately! Our first sevusevu was at Budd's Reef, with 12 yachties and two children from six boats. We were the first yachties of the season, and after we presented our sevusevu, we were invited to drink yaqona with some of the villagers. It’s permissible to drink 'low tide', which is half a cup, 'high tide', which is a full cup, or a 'rain¬ drop'. To be honest, the kava drink tastes a lot like dirty socks — if you can imagine that. And it makes your numb tongue — er, tongue numb. After a few coconut
halves full of kava, we were a little tipsy. Once again, everyone shook our hands and welcomed us to their village. At that time, we were allowed to go anywhere on the island and fish and snorkel in their lagoons. All land and water is owned by the local villagers in Fiji. Even the fish technically belong to the village, so per¬ mission is necessary to forage at each one. After Budd’s Reef, we yachties all went our separate ways for a few days. We chose to go to an island called Rambi. The inhabitants of this island don’t come from Fiji, but rather from Banaban, one of the Gilbert Islands 1,500 miles north of Fiji. These people were displaced after World War II and resettled on Rambi. Their lan¬ guage is not Fijian, but Rambi. Since Rambi is not a Fijian village, there was no need for sevusevu. None¬ theless, a local came out to our boat and invited us ashore and more or less be¬ came our guide. He walked us through his village, showed us his personal bread¬ fruit tree, and his home — where we drank grog. We later met some young ladies on the road. They giggled a lot as they ex¬ plained local wedding ceremonies last for three weeks if the bride is a virgin, but only a week if she's not. They thought we were very old — but at least looked young for our age. The residents of Rambi are extremely poor, but they still managed to send us off with lots of fresh fruit from their garden. In return we baked them cookies and gave them some clothes. At Nasau Bay on Vanua Levu, we spent a wonderful evening ashore with Arnold and Judy, a Danish couple who tend to ,35 cows, three horses, dogs, chickens — along with their Fijian neighbor Bob and his family. We yachties — 15 in all — came ashore with food and various kinds of musical instruments and enjoyed a wonBuddy and Ruth thought about spending the winter in New Zealand, but sailed back to the South Pacific.
CHANGES derful evening of stuffing ourselves and singing songs. Arnold and Judy actually live on their yacht in the bay, but have a house ashore which they share with ev¬ eryone who anchors in the bay. We also visited am island called Makogai, with Andreas and Rikki, our Norwegian buddy-boaters aboard Impe¬ tus. This island is government-owned, and they spawn clams and save little turtles from perishing during their journey from their nest to the sea. When the turtles are about two years old, they are released into the ocean. We had a memorable experience ashore one Sunday when we followed the sound of singing to a Pentecostal Assembly of God church. Naturally, we were invited in. The singing was wonderful, and ev¬ eryone participated. There were lots of "praise the Lords" and "Hallelujahs". Af¬ ter we were introduced, the pastor asked Buddy to come up to the podium and say a few words. I almost started ciying! Af¬ ter the service, we walked to their village amidst a crowd of children who all wanted to accompany us and hold our hands. They served fresh fish and treated us like
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ested in talking with us that we invite him and one of the church officials bad to our boat. They'd never been aboard yacht before and were in awe. Tukalo wa in school in Nadi and plans to go to th University of the South Pacific. He sail his goal was to "go overseas". We hope h makes it. It was another one of those grea experiences that we can't begin to ad equately describe, but one we'll never for get. We visited many other islands as well and the experiences were all fantastic. A we moved west, however, the locals wer more 'tourist-wise' and the local flavo wasn't quite as strong. We spent a lot c time at Musket Cove, a very cruiser friendly bay which features three resorts restaurants, white sandy beaches, thre pools, a store, a laundry, and kayaks an< Hobie Cats for rent. It was hard to movi on, but on August 14 we set out on a 513 mile voyage to Vanuatu. — buddy & ruth, 8/20/91
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Unable to keep a well-defined eye, hurricane 'Jose' quickly lost his punch, thus saving many sailboats in the Caribbean. egory Four. Fortunately, most have missed land. Floyd creamed the Baha¬ mas and Dennis just missed. As for the Eastern Caribbean — meaning from Grenada, to Antigua, to St. Martin, to the
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Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico — they had a couple of scares, but have been un¬ touched this year. Let's hope it stays that way. The Atlantic/Caribbean hurricane season isn't as well defined as in the East¬ ern Pacific, and often lasts into late No¬ vember. Oops — we spoke too soon! The day after we wrote the paragraph above, hur¬ ricane Jose formed and is threatening to enter the Eastern Caribbean at Guadaloupe and sweep right up through the heart of the sailing country; Antigua, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, St. Martin and the U.S. and British Virgins. Flash! Eveiybody must have prayed hard, because Jose, expected to hit with 100-knot winds, had a very poorly defined eye and as a result could only get it up to 85 knots — and only twice for very brief periods. Usually he didn't have more than 65 knots, and he quickly dropped down to Tropical Storm force winds. The early reports from island after island have pretty much been the same: 'What hap¬ pened to Jose? The winds are much lighter than we expected, and we're not seeing much damage at all.' Surely there
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CHANGES was some damage to boats in places like St. Martin’s crowded Simpson Bay, but nothing like when Luis roared through with nearly 200-knot winds a few years ago. By the way, if you’re'looking for the site with the best historical hurricane data, tiy <http://weather.unisys.com/ hurricane/index.html>. It features charts, color-coded for windspeed, of every Mexi¬ can hurricane in the last 50 years, and every Atlantic/Caribbean hurricane since the 1890s. Naturally the information prior to weather satellites is going to be a little shaky, but it's tremendously interesting information. Andy and Sandy Peterson of S&S 57 Jackaranda, who were most recently in New Zealand but who run Jackaranda Sails in Tonga during the summer (call them on 16 in Vava'u), offer the following 'rules' for cruisers looking to have more fun and adventure: "1) Don't wait until you are completely prepared for the cruise, because then you'll be too old to make the trip. 2) Don't read the popular cruising magazines — except for Latitude — as they'll only extend your preparation
Those who don't learn from history... studying past hurricanes may help prevent your boat from an unintentional haulout. s time. 3) Don’t bring too much food with you because there's food all over the world. For example, they have beans in Mexico and rice in China — and often cheaper than in the United States. 4)
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Weather determines everyone's schedule. 'Early to bed, early to rise. I'll make no promises of when we're leaving because it depends on the skies.' 5) If you have guests flying to join you, insist they fly to where the boat is rather than putting yourself in the position of having to battle bad weather to get the boat where they are. 6) Keep your needs to a minimum, as there's nothing worse than having to have a hair-diyer when the genset won’t start. 7) Always keep a good watch, be¬ cause it's easier to stay awake on your boat than it is in a liferaft waiting for a rescue plane" The Petersons closed with a little Piegon English — which is spoken in the Solomons, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guianea. See if you can translate. "Sapos balus I bagarap, yu mas wokim dispela ol samting. Rasusim lik lik gumi, putim pinga bilong yu long hul na suim swits oli. Karamapin long gumi igo daun. Wokim ol dispela samting taim balus I bagarap." It's actually the instructions for the operation of an EPIRB. The English translation is: Remove rubber plug. In¬ sert finger in hole, and push the rubber
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Padre Timo, standing in a planing dinghy with¬ out a PFD, proving that there's more freedom — and risks — when sailing in Mexico. sound like Rice Krispies. We've heard them in many different places, but never as often or as loud as in San Diego Bay. In early September we had a phone conversation with Padre Timo', also
known asTimTunks, who has been cruis¬ ing his 25-year-old Islander 37 Scallywag in Mexico most of the '90s. Timo reports that it was a pretty mellow summer in the Sea of Cortez. "It seemed as though there were less boaters than the previous two years, as most seemed to do the Banderas Bay Regatta in Puerto Vallarta, the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week at Isla Partida, the Loreto Fest in early May in Loreto — then put their boats in storage for the summer." The weather was mellow, too. 'The only big chubasco I know about hit Puerto Escondido on August 20th. Three cruis¬ ing gals on their morning power job noted a black sky, but by the time they got into their dinghies to return to their boats, it was blowing 50 to 70 knots — depending on who you believe. There were three foot waves in the hurricane hole, and one of the women flipped her dinghy — although she wasn't hurt. Anyone who had an aw¬ ning up had it taken down by Nature." Padre Timo’s latest enterprise is a free e-mail answering service for folks with questions about cruising in Mexico. Just e-mail good Padre at: <askpadretimo@(-
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38: How do you make power? PT: I have six solar panels that gener¬ ate the juice for my ham radio, refrig/ice maker, and watermaker. It's all I need unless it's cloudy for three or four days in a row. Layne Goldman of the Gemini 34 cat Miki G. showed up at the Mexico KickOff Party to report that she and Michael Beattie have made it to the Pedro Miguel Boat Club inside Panama Canal — and it wasn't hard to get in. "Since the increases in the minimum fees for Canal transits, locals have found it’s no longer economi¬ cally feasible to sail out of the club." Odd as it seems, the Pedro Miguel BC is lo¬ cated on a very small lake between two sets of locks in the Panama Canal. You can’t use your boat without up or down¬ locking. While it's bad news for locals, it’s good news for cruisers looking for a good place to repair and store their boats. 'We've heard that somebody wrote Lati¬ tude asking how to contact us," write Jack, Linda and John Martin of the Port Hadlock, Washington, based Crealock 37 Teresa J. "We can be reached at <svteresaj@aol.com>."
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"I would like to bring my HallbergRassy 42 (name missing in action) up from the Caribbean and truck her to Se¬ attle," writes John Howard. "What's the best place to truck from, Texas or Florida?" It's a matter of whether time or money are more dear. If you’re sailing up from the Caribbean, it's likely to be half the distance to Fort Lauderdale as it is to Seabrook, Texas. If we had the extra time, we'd use it to enjoy the the Caribbean a little longer rather than making the trip along the less-than-inspiring waters of the Gulf of Mexico just to save a few trucking bucks. But to each their own. Bay Area cruisers in the South Pacific have cruising fun aboard large Frenchbuilt production cats: Roy Foster and Chris Rodriguez of Oakland were spotted in Fiji aboard their Lagoon 55 Solmates. They're in the early stages of a circum¬ navigation. And over in French Polyne¬ sia, the Edwards family of Portola Valley were getting used to cruising their Brisbane, CA-based Marquesas 53 cata¬ maran Rhapsodie. In fact, their boat is on the cover of this month's issue, thanks
Experiences differ, of course, but most cruisers have a great time with the residents — and es¬ pecially the kids — of Turtle Bay. to a photo by Capt. Rick Weber who helped them sail there. "They're the nicest fam¬ ily you could ever meet," Weber said. We believe him, because he said it three times
in about 10 minutes. "If this year's'Baja Ha-Ha is called the Millenium Ha-Ha," wonders Jay McDonald of San Ramon and the O'Day 35 Time-And-A-Half, what's the Poobah going to call next year's rally — which will be a whole year closer to the actual turn of the millenium?" "Assuming there will be yet another Ha-Ha," responds the Poobah, "it will be called the Real Millenium Ha-Ha. In re¬ ality, it will be as phony as the one be¬ fore, because they're both arbitrary. But people need to have their fun." 'We're sorry to hear that Dan McGowan and Michele Mileski of Hot Toddy didn't have a good experience in Turtle Bay," write Dick and Pam of Savitar (type of boat and hailing port missing in action). "We were there with the '98 Ha-Ha and thought the locals were absolutely won¬ derful. One of the young men assosciated with the fuel dock even brought us a large bag of frozen abalone from the process¬ ing plant! In so doing, 1 suppose he proved that it really does help to travel with a beautiful female companion!" Happy Ha-Ha to all!
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IV 6‘ WEE LASSIE DOUBLE PADDLE single
AVON 6tPERSON LIFERAFT. Re-certified ’98.
J/24s (TWO), 1981. Professionally maintained &
canoes. Glued lapstrake, 30 lbs, two used, excel¬
With cannister. Unused. $1,250. (415) 370-5174.
sailed by OCSC, fully equipped, including 6 hp longshaft Johnson outboard, MSD, complete navi¬ gation/cabin lighting package, race equipped.
lent condition. $1,200 each. One new, $1,500. (510) 865-5549.
LASER. Dolly, spars, lines & sail. Asking $900, Please call Michael at (415) 215-6787.
CORONADO 15 WITH TRAILER. Hull in good
15-FTCHRYSLER MUTINEER DAYSAILER with
shape; sails exit, used 6 times. Complete, ready to sail, trapeze rig, registered. EZ Loader trailer in
$8,500 each. Call Barrett Linn, (510) 8434200.
24 FEET & UNDER
1993 MacGREGOR 19 POWERSAILER. Loaded with options and upgrades. 40 hp engine. Decent
trailer. Includes two mainsails, rolling jib, drop centerboard, lifejackets, all rigging & ropes. Fun & easy sailing. Hull in good shape, needs new tiller,
exit condition, new lights. $1,250 obo.Please call Andy, (415) 383-8200, ext. 112.
19-FT LIGHTNING #3218. Vertical mahogany siding, West applied on bottom, aluminum mast, main jib & spinnaker, tandem trailer, extras. $1,500
some cosmetic work. $400 obo. (925) 426-0827. Pleasanton.
14-FT ZODIAC MKII FUTURA, 1998. 40 HP
obo. Will consider trade for Cyclone, Laser. Call (707) 937-2001. A really beautiful sailboat.
9’ 6" NUTSHELL PRAM. Handcrafted from plans in Wooden Boat Magazine. Marine plywood with mahogany trim & seats. Ideal tender for larger
trailer. Stainless prop. Like new. (650) 365-3320
boat. $650 obo. (707) 374-2344.
EL TORO WANTED. Prefer wood hull & spars, FG maybe, good condition or better. Low hull # a
1993 LASER 2 WITH TRAILER. Great condition
plus. Call 24/7, Iv msg, (415) 333-1848, Paul.
19-FT MacGREGOR POWERSAILER, 1995. Two
with brand new mast. Ready to sail. $2,500 firm. Will deliver in Bay Area. Please contact Chris at (408) 925-2703.
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Evinrude. Steering console and seats. Accesso¬ ries, canvas cover, bow bag. Pacific galvanized day or (650) 364-6446 eve or (650) 766-7605 cell.
MOTH. 11 ft car-top catboat. Fast, easy, much dryer than Lasers. Could also be a fishing boat. Lots of fun. $430. Bob, (510) 524-0105. LASER. Boat ready to sail or race. 70’s boat
launcher. New centerboard. Blade bags. Two sets of sails. Deck canvas. Very good condition. Ready to go. Great price...$950. (415) 924-0894.
stored in a garage for 15 years. Dry, stiff, fast hull v perfect for racer on a budget. No trailer. Addiction to windsurfing forces sail. $800 firm. Please call
trailer. Fresh water use. Well loved & maintained. $8,500. gcarter@musiciansfriend.com or call (541)482-5386. AQUARIUS21,1971. Swing keel poptop, working
23-FT WYLIE WABBIT SAILBOAT, hull #6. In¬ cludes all rigging & sails, trailer with new bearings,
jib and main, battery, Porta-Potti, sleeps four.
hubs & tires. Needs some work to be race ready.
Ideal boat for N. Cal lakes and Bay, looks and sails
Sailable now. $4,000. Cali (408) 866-9071.
great. 7.5 hp Mercury and trailer incl. $2,500. John (650) 854-4000.
boats in one. 40 hp electric start engine, swing
GLEN L 21. Two year old gaff rig, self-tending jib,
keel, water ballast, three sails, sleeps four, Porla-
bow sprit. Sleeps two, galley, head, trailer, out¬
Potti, car-towable, garage-storable. Comes with trailer, boat cover. Loaded. Excellent condition.
board. Shallow draft, 700 lb swing keel, sails,
Original owner. Asking $8,900 obo. Please call
SNIPE 1978, #23599. McLaughlin with trailer. White hull, light blue deck. Cobra mast. Pole
sailing, 20+ MPH under power, great safety fea¬ tures, enclosed head, stove, sleeps four, factory
points well. Very traditional look, lots of mahogany trim. $3,900. Ernie Taron, (415) 669-7289.
(415) 459-4800. 22-FT SANTANA. Good condition. All lines led
SANTANA 22, 1968. Good condition. New coamings, bottom paint & cockpit scuppers May
aft, 9 hp Mercury outboard, one North jib, one
’99. Nifty rig, good main, 120%, 130% & 150%.
(650) 962-9488.
main. Currently In Santa Cruz on trailer, will de¬ liver to San Francisco Bay Area. Trailer not in¬
Old spinnaker. 1996 Honda 2 hp. $3,500. Also,
keel, hard transom, floorboards, oars (wood),
17-FT ROWING DORY. Built late 50’s. Just re¬
cluded. $2,000. Brett, (831) 462-9120.
(510) 366-1476.
plexiglass seat, foot pump, repair kit. $1,550. Please call (510) 215-1702.
built. $1,950. (415) 456-2022.
10-FT AVON ROVER 310. Never used. Inflatable
two rowing dinghies, $100 each. Please call John,
J/24,1977. Still winning. Cosmic Charlie. New
17-FT MOLLY CATBOAT. Near new condition, Yanmar diesel w/70 hrs total time, bronze ports,
paddles, 35 thrust LB motor. New yellow paint.
running rigging, new outboard, crisp sails. Interior & cosmetics need work. With tandem trailer.
$1,050. (415) 456-2022.
$4,800. (510) 865-5549.
cushions, Autohelm & much more. Quality boat.
CORONADO 15. New sails, trailer. $1,000 firm. (650)341-7718.
FALMOUTH CUTTER. Factory finished, all kinds of new gear, new sails, new engine. Ready to
17-FT OLD TOWN PENOBSCOT CANOE. Two
tandem trailer, Port Orford cedar interior. Cockpit $11,500. (916)783-9731.
cruise anywhere. $57,000. Call (206) 784-7807 nights, or contact: http//tom.yznet.com/mariko.html
SEAL'S SPARS & RIGGING Since 1970, specializing in quality Aluminum Masts and Booms for 20 to 30 ft "Plastic Classics”. We have the experience and the parts to build you a superior spar. STEVE SEAL (Rigger at Cal Boats 1964-1969) Call (510) 521-7730
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Restoration & New Construction
Fred Andersen Boat & Woodworks
(510)522-2705
24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Whiteon blue,
25 TO 28 FEET
D/S, knotmeter, wind indicator, compass, PortaPotti. New top paint and sail covers. 5 hp out¬ board, wiring for two batteries w/charger. Both bow and mast lighting. $3,000 or best offer. H: (510) 441-0755, W: (408) 468-8588, Mike.
CATALINA 27,1983. Hard to find Universal die¬
MELGES 24 - LAST CHANCE - Best offer this
Pineapple sails: two 150%, 120%, 100%, two triradial spinnakers. Two compasses, knotmeter,
week or it gets donated. #44 (1994), lightly used, all the usual stuff, two sets of sails (fair and good), KVH, trailer, outboard. (650) 854-0770.
IMPULSE 21,1988. Fast, fun, 21 'x 8' x 37", hull and sails good to excellent. 600 lbs fin keel, 1200 lbs all up! Main, Mylar jib, spin. Almost new4 hp o/ b, trailer plus many extras. $3,500. Please leave message at SonoPhysical, (650) 712-9044.
24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1965. All new: sails, standing and running rigging, bottom paint, bat¬ tery, anchor rode, 8 hp outboard, etc. Great SF Bay boat. Over $4,500 invested in new stuff. $2,750 takes the boat ($1,750 without outboard). Emeryville. (650) 968-8501.
CAL20,1975. Good condition, two mains, one jib, one genoa. 3 hp outboard, anchor, compass, trailer. $2,000/offer. Saul (510) 245-8473.
SANTANA22,1967 WITH OUTBOARD. Mainsail & jib in good condition. Hasn't been sailed for awhile, needs TLC. Berthed at Richmond Marina. Sacrifice at $1,200. See to appreciate. Call Ollie at (707) 823-3387.
J/24,1980.6 hp o/b, main, 100%, 150%, 3/4 oz spinnaker, pole, all safety gear. Ready to sail. $3,500 w/o trailer. $4,500 with trailer. Call Rich at (650) 363-1390.
MONTGOMERY 17. Near new condition, good trailer, well equipped. $8,900. Please (406) 293-7424.
contact
ANNIE’S SONG, CATALINA 22. Wing keel. Very good condition. Great Delta or lake boat. Sleeps4, Porta-Potti, alcohol stove. VHF, DS, KM, two spinnakers & gear. Main & three jibs with covers.
sel engine, rebuilt 9/98. Race or cruise ready,
cushions, too much to list. Like new condition.
tom stainless mast. Volvo diesel, GPS & much more. $25,000 or trade up, 32/35' + cash. Amie, (415) 239-1844.
Recent survey. $12,500. No disappointments (925) 228-2852.
27-FT CATALINA, 1972. Nicely set-up for racing or cruising. Five bags sails & spinnaker. New
Nov 7 at 10 am, inspection at 9 am: US 27, J/24 &
outboard power. Clean & neat. Must be sold
Coronado 23. As is. Do not ask for inspection before Nov 7. (650) 573-2594.
quickly to raise funds for RYC Foundation. Price reduced to $4,995 obo. Please contact Tim at (510) 232-8420.
COLUMBIA 26,1966. Electric windlass. Yanmar diesel with three blade prop. Dodger. Fiberglass
NOR’SEA 27,1977, HULL #16. Factory boat, 19
dinghy. Three anchors. Full keel (lead). Very solid
hrs on factory rebuild Faryman diesel, radar, GPS, Loran, bristol condition, new interior. Ready to go cruising. Photos available. Please call or email for spec sheet. Ph: (408) 734-9003 or email: fghooper® ix.netcom.com
room, sleeps five. Well equipped for coastal sail¬ ing. New bottom 10/99. Overhauled Atomic-4 6/ 99. Two mainsails, 130% genoa, 100% woiking jib, 85% heavy weather jib, spinnaker. Two an¬
ERICSON 26-2,1988. Exceptional. New sail in¬ ventory includes: main, 130%, spinnaker, storm jib. Additional sails: 110%, main. Harken roller
RANGER 26,1973. Good Condition, lots of sails,
chors. Autopilot, EPIRB, new 18 gal fuel tank, inflatable dinghy, new VHF, depthsounder,
furling. Wheel steering with instruments: speed, depth, wind. Autohelm 4000. GPS, VHF, stereo.
KM, DS, all lines led aft. 8 hp o/b Mercury in excellent condition. Located in Loch Lomond Marina C-52. $5,900. Dan (707) 696-8010.
knotmeter, alcohol stove. Shorepower, separate head with holding tank. All new brightwork. $8,000. Please call (510) 593-4211.
10 hp Universal diesel, 15 gal fuel. 36 gal fresh
27-FT MULL 1/4 TON, FALCON, 1977. Flush
ISLANDER 26,1978. Excellent condition, OMC
deck, everything led to cockpit, new electrical,
saildrive, VHF, stereo, depth, compass, roller
ment. Immaculate interior. Considerable attention
saildrive, knotmeter, depthsounder, solar panel,
furling, Autohelm, full boat cover, cockpit cush¬
to detail throughout. New bottom paint. Recent survey. $27,000. (650) 244-1642.
in Redwood City. $3,500. (510) 429-5300 x 204 days, or call (650) 851-5063 home, or email: rwemer@terawave.com
ions, alcohol stove, sink, chemical toilet, 3 jibs, anchor, will sleep 4. Located in Antioch. $8,500.
water. Enclosed head, 15 gal holding tank. 25 lb CQR, Danforth, anchor windlass. Safety equip¬
Please call (925) 625-0375.
26-FT RANGER, 1973. Mercury 10 hp electric outboard. Roller furling for 130% genoa & working jib. Very good condition. $5,200 obo. Please call (510)412-2234.
PEARSON 26,1976. Very clean, well maintained. New Honda 9.9 outboard. New double lifelines and stanchions. New upholstery. One mainsail,
ERICSON 27,1976. Wheel/tiller, all lines led aft, self-tailers, 18 hp diesel/low hours, two mains (one new Pineapple), four jibs(one reefable), two spinnakers, jiffy reefing, bottom repair & paint 6/ 99, lots of gear. Must sell due to illness... $9,750 obo. (916) 721-0133 orjulirob@jps.net
CHEDY LEE FRISCO FLYER. 26 ft classicyacht, $2,500. Sound fiberglass hull with teak decks & trim. Sleeps four. Needs TLC & engine overhaul. This is a boat that can take you anywhere. Please call (925) 427-0610 hm or (925) 432-4757 wk or http://www.lanzafame.com/frisco
two jibs (110% and90%), onespinnakerwith pole. Great Bay boat. $5,500. Please call Loren at, (415) 221-9752, (650) 653-4566.
FOLKBOAT - Danish #68 Tradewinds 25 ft, good condition racing sails (2 sets), 16 new ribs (midships), 10 coats new varnish on mast, 7.5
1979 NEWPORT 27. Well maintained. Atomic 4
Evinrude outboard, new deck. A sweet sailing classic. Sausalito berth. $4,500. Please call Stan
inboard. Recent survey & haulout. Excellent con¬
at (415) 507-9990.
condition. Atomic 4 needs major work. $5,500. Please call (415) 338-7709.
OLSON 25. Special end-of-the-Millennium sale:
S2 8.5,1982. Yanmar diesel with 165 hrs, Harken
IRWIN 28.5,1974. Excellent, stable Bay & Delta cruiser. VHF, depth, Loran, two jibs. Spacious cabin sleeps five, stove, heater, head, shorepower. Very clean. Hull, sails & running gear in good
dition. New Pineapple mainsail. $9,800. Please email: 72153.1233@compuserve.com or call (510) 428-1474.
CATAUNA22 W/TRAILER, 1980. Fun, fast, easy to handle, excellent condition. New hull & bottom paint, upholstery. Galley, autotiller control, 10 hp
Paid $27,000. Will sell or trade (plus cash) for late model low mileage RV. Call (775) 560-9460.
LET’S TRADE TOYS. I have a 1979 Honda Goldwing motorcycle; 13 ft fiberglass runabout with 20 hp Evinrude; and 166 Mhz Pentium laptop computer with external monitor. You have a 25 ft or larger sailboat. Call (916) 393-6847 or email: oren2000@email.com
hull #44 (Santa Cruz built), trailer, motor, 7 sails
roller furling, two headsalls, double reef main, two
(no kites, but have pole & gear). Lots of upgrades
new batteries. Great Bay boat in excellent condi¬
including electronics, 2 batteries, moveable genoa & jib leads, MORC running backstays & more.
tion. $10,000. (707) 585-7951.
Needs a few things, but on the whole a nice little cruising boat. With a spinnaker & one weekend of work, if could be a competitive one design racer. Too many boats, not enough time. First $11,500 takes it. (415) 331-3134.
SOLING #102,1968. Main, jib, spinnaker. Great daysailer. Trailer. Some new equip: traveler car & track, two #7 winches 1 yr old, some hardware. Hull in good shape. Needs work. Fun & stable classic. $1,500 obo. (323) 661-0073.
25- FT INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, 1972.
MERIT 25,1984. Great for Bay cruising, racing.
Main, three jibs, 4.5 hp outboard, alqohol stove,
Low hrs 8 hp Honda outboard, under warranty. Bottom paint & survey, summer '97. Sail inventory
cover. Needs clean up. $4,000 firm. Please call (415)648-7851 orkevan@well.com
racing sails plus extra sails. 4 hp Johnson out¬
includes full set of racing & cruising sails with two spinnakers, heavy weather jib. $9,200. Please
SOLING US775WITH TRAILER,$2,750. Etchells
board. Electrics need to be hooked up to batteries
INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. 26 ft FB sloop.
& needs some very minor repairs. In the water, not trailer-sailed. Bottom paint is fair, but should be
Berthed at Benicia Marina. Instruments, 5 hp Honda, 4-cyde o/b. Standing room for 5-1/2 footer.
redone this winter. Located in Paradise Cay,
$3,500. Call Howard at (707) 224-1969 from 7 to
26- FT PEARSON. Two jibs, one main, lifelines,
Tiburon. $1,900. Will also consider partnership.
10 pm.
7.5 Honda outboard, sleeps four, large cockpit.
Call Chris after 11/7 at (415) 383-8200 ext 103 (work/voice mail) or (415) 389-9378 (hm).
ERICSON 27,1972. Beautiful interior, 6 ft head-
$3,500. Includes heavy duty 3-axle trailer. Lo¬ cated Lake Tahoe. (775) 782-8790.
boat (has been to Hawaii, California coast, etc).
50 hp Honda (24 mph, four hrs), four virtually new sails, self-furling, mast raising system, bimini, etc.
for Friday night beer can races, comfortable for
delivery main. Furuno, 1621 MKII radar with cus¬
all lines lead aft. $14,000. (408) 945-6624 or email: scooterh@pacbell.net
MacGREGOR 26X, 1998 POWERSAILER with
daysailing & even ovemighters. Excellent Dacron
new batteries, new bottom, new top rigging, new interior, microwave, 110v, AM/FM stereo, cockpit
LIEN SALE. Coyote Point Marina in San Mateo.
(209) 952-2065.
CAL20,1965. Active one-design fleet. Great boat
ERICSON 27,1974. Rollerfuriing, dodger, wheel,
all the equipment to do both in comfort. New main & 125% genoa. 5 other jibs in good condition. 1
depthsounder, VHF, new standing rigging 4/98,
6 hp Johnson o/b & trailer. $6,500. Please call
Honda 4-cycle w/charger, lots more. “O" dock, slip 411, Berkeley. Must sell $6,250 obo. (530) 2748144.
ISLANDER 28. Fully equipped racer/cruiser with
26-FT CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER, 1960. Beau¬
call (707) 425-9626.
22, US 434 with trailer, $2,500. (415) 435-0409.
Loves the main Bay, looks forward to the Golden Gate. $5,900. (408) 534-1361.
Remember... Classy deadline
tiful, sturdy pocket cruiser. Solid teak, copper riveted. Yanmar diesel, low hrs. Two mains, three jibs, Danforth, knotmeter, Henderson bilge pump, etc. Lovely varnished hull, could win Classic Boat Award. $5,700. (925) 376-8370 eves.
LANCER 28 SLOOP, 1978. Stove, head, dinette, VHF, 8 hp Johnson LS, standing headroom, shoal
EAST BAY SAIL CLEANING (510) 523-9011
the
draft, epoxy bottom. Good condition, but needs a
18th.
little TLC. $3,500 obo. Call Jim at (510)526-7010.
WANTED: MERIT 25's OR CAL 24 MK IV Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City is looking to add Merit 25's & Cal 24's into the club program. If you have one you'd like to sell or are interested in making money with yqur boat by placing it in charter, contact Rich at (650) 363-1390.
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WESTSAIL28, HULL #22. Factory built 1976.27
CS-30,1985. Fast, comfortable, strong boat set¬
HERRESHOFF BRISTOL 29,1967. Refurbished
HUSKY STEEL OCEAN CRUISING CUTTER.
hp Isuzu, dodger, stem pulpit, six sails, cutter
& ready. Too many upgrades & too much gear to
28 ft waterline, 11 ft beam, 6 ft draft. Well equipped,
rigged. Well maintained. Lying S.F. $32,000.
up for shorthanded cruising/racing. Three jibs, Harken furler, spinnaker, autopilot, Loran, hy¬
list. Berthed in Monterey. $11,900. Please call
excellent condition, ready for sea. Please inquire:
Randy, (707) 986-7794.
draulic backstay, rafck & pinion steering. Volvo
(209) 529-9947.
www.humboldtl ,com/~woody or (707) 442-4281.
S2 7.9 (26-FT), 1984, ISKRA. Race/cruiser.
diesel, great engine access. Located Marina Vil¬ lage. $27,000. Call Don at (925) 862-0824.
CATALINA 30,1978. Attractive interior, engine
ERICSON 35 MKIII, 1982. Repowered with new
clean and in excellent shape. Sails three years
Yanmar 3GM30F, electric Simpson-Lawrence windlass, Furuno 1731 radar with Questus backstay mount, Autohelm, Harken furling, new
Strong, quality construction. Retracting keel, IB diesel. Harken furling, Autohelm, depth/speed,
ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1972. Very clean & comfort¬
old, hull fine and smooth. Atomic 4 gas engine,
VHF, Loran. 13 North sails! Recent rigging. Me¬
able Bay sailer. Four sails, spinnaker gear, tiller,
Harken II roller furling jib, autopilot, tiller, tall rig,
ticulous owner. Fresh water 'til 1999. 1995 tan¬
knot, depth, VHF, CD, varnished teak. Well rigged,
main, jib, and gennaker sails, grill, berths 7, gas
Groco head, refrigeration, dodger, bimini, TV/
dem axle trailer. $17,000. (510) 786-5732.
all lines lead aft. Needs engine. $5,000 or it’s
stove, swim ladder, nav table, legal head, and 6’3'
VCR, microwave, new gel batteries, cruising spin¬ naker, dinghy, outboard. Riggedfor singlehanding.
donated. (510) 865-9310.
headroom. All lines lead aft. $18,000 obo. Please
Sausalito. $60,000. (707) 996-8175.
spruce spars, strong hull integrity, documented, 24 hp diesel, new sails, Harken furling' fresh
US 30,1980. Baja vet. Watermaker, solar panels,
call (831) 761-2987 eve, (831) 431 -1223dy. Web: http://oneworld.new-era.com/johnw/catalina.html
upholstery, recent re-rig with HF antenna, VHF,
diesel, good condition, sails good. Dodger, bimini,
RAWSON 30. Westerbeke diesel 500 hrs, Profurl
condition, ready to cruise now. Radar, wind gen¬
GPS, depth, knot, solar, dodger, vane, windlass.
rear&side shades. New stays. Autopilot. $19,000. (707) 538-5079.
roller furling, GPS, h/c pressure water, new uphol¬ stery, documented vessel. Dodger, brand new
erator, two solar panels, SS arch, Monitor,
BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER, 1980. Canadian
Resting in Port Townsend. Reduced: $58,500. Pager: (808) 363-6046 or kulakolea ©yahoo.com
FREEDOM 33,1982, #63. San Diego. Excellent
Norcold plate, alcohol stove, teak interior. Volvo
Force 10 stove, lots of storage space. Sausalito berth. $18,000.(415)955-1824.
watermaker, GPS, VHF, SSB, knotmeter, depthsounder, dodger, bimini, spare parts, cus¬
OLSON 25,1984. New North racing main & #3
C&C 31,1976. Hull, engine (Volvo Penta) & 13 sails all in excellent condition, recent survey, racer
plus others, Merc4 hp 3yrsold, hauled 8/99, VHF,
not cruiser, but with weekend amenities (cush¬
CAPE GEORGE 31. Full keel, cutter rig, genoa,
MOB, EPIRB, varnished teak with covers. $11,500.
ioned berths, water tank, head & Porta-Potti, LPG
Berthed in Alameda. (907) 566-8600, leave mes¬ sage.
cartridge stove, removable table, etc). VHF, cell
spinnaker, double spreaders, Aries self-steering, VHF, compass, dodger, Bruce anchor, chain,
furling jib, new instruments incl windspeed & point.
phone plug, big boat feel under sail, sistership to
rode, windlass, Yanmar 18 diesel, gas stove,
Atomic 4 in good condition. Survey 18 months, in
Sorcerer, PHRF 168. $15,000 obo. Located Alameda. No brokers please. (510) 527-8900
refrig, 250 amp hr, batteries. Relocating. $15,000. (925) 4^3-1097 work, (925) 449-3900 home.
Ballena Bay. Clean boat, great value. $21,000/ offer. (510) 628-4105 or (510) 301-2865.
days (OK to leave message for Dee) or boat@translate-best.com
29-FT CASCADE SLOOP, 1965. Project, well
29 TO 31 FEET
tom mattress & more. $55,000. Contact Mike, (800) 653-3832 (M-F) orsvpatience @ hotmail.com
RANGER 33,1974. New rigging, thru-hulls, roller
intended restoration project needs completeing.
SCAMPI 30. Swedish built fiberglass sloop w/ diesel engine. All new wiring & electronics (new batteries, VHF, AM/FM radio, battery meter). All brand new canvas cushions. Solar panel, autopi¬ lot. Reduced from $13,995 to $9,995 for immedi¬ ate sale. (415) 643-1131.
ISLANDER 30,1972. Completely maintained and
Fiberglass hull, glass over ply topsides, interior
reconditioned. Excel shape. Best since built. Rigged singlehanded. Five sails. $15,000 best offer. Pete's harbor, slip A3 Redwood City, CA. (650) 364-9744.
complete, sleeps six with dinette, mast, boom & sails. Must sell $950 obo. (805) 985-9339.
ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1975. Clean, blister free
sailing, singlehanded or crewed. See at Fortmam
boat with epoxy bottom, wheel steering, Palmer
SANTANA 30/30 GP, 1984. Excellent condition. Great boat & well equipped for Bay & offshore
30-FT C&C REDWING. Atomic 4, five sails, spin¬
fresh water-cooled engine, CNG three burner
Marina, G18, Alameda. (408) 354-4729 or email: TheJunges@aol.com
naker, dodger. It’s all here but needs TLC. On the hard in Mountain View. Your perfect winter project.
stove and oven, loran and roll-up inflatable. $14,750. (916) 395-1517 after 6 P.M.
CAL 29,1977. Diesel, wheel, dodger, five sails,
$2,500 obo. Please call (650) 964-4134 days, (650) 365-2204 eves.
30- FT CHEOY LEE BERMUDA KETCH. Glass
Loran, depth, 3-burner stove w/oven, pressure water, holding tank. Teak interior, nice upholstery
NEWPORT 30,1984. Custom open transom, teak
hull, new 4 cylinder diesel, new rigging, roller jib, nearly new sails, boat & sail covers. Profession¬
platform, tiller, refrig, propane stove w/oven, Uni¬ versal diesel (low hrs), VHF, KM, DS, compass, roller furling, autopilot, dodger (usable but needs replacement) with full enclosure, five sails. Great cruiser. $23,000, any offer considered. Please call (510) 290-1179.
& cockpit cushions. Owner moving overseas. $12,700 obo. Please call (415) 824-7383.
ally maintained. Beautiful. $29,500. Please call (415) 435-9381.
bimini, 2 autopilots, new roll-up dinghy, 8 hp
33-FT MORGAN 01 SAILBOAT, 1973. Sloop rig,
when I return herstateside & price goes up. Coast
liveaboard, well laid-out mahogany interior, VHF, DS, KM, KL, solar panel, LP range w/oven, exten¬
deducted from final cost, or wait until November
two anchors, VHF. Good condition. Perfect for
meticulously maintained, great shape, charter in¬ come. $40,000 obo. email jjoneill@gte.net or phone/fax: (512) 346-3359.
Feb '99. All North sails, excellent condition, full batten main, spinnaker, 110% & 150% on a Harken
Baja. $20,000 obo. Call (775) 847-7777 or email: econevada@cs.com
furler. Full teak interior, teak & holly sole. Diesel, nice nav station, new batteries. Two boat owner will take first $18,000. (510) 237-5517.
32-FT CATALINA MKII, 1997. Like new condi¬
Perkins 4108, propane stove with oven, 12 ft beam, 6' 2“ headroom, full keel, Aries windvane,
hauled with new paint. Excellent cruiserwith Atomic
tion, Yanmar 3 cyl diesel engine with 62 hrs & three blade prop, Autopilot, knotmeter, depthfinder,
CATALINA 30,1984. Veiy clean Mexico vet. New dodger, Universal 25 diesel, Autohelm 3000, wheel, self-tailing winches, main, 85%, 130%, 150% jibs, propane stove & Force 10 heater, macerator, new BC, three batteries, windlass, new cockpit & interior cushions. Tabemacle mast,
windspeed, windpoint & Apelco VHF radio, bat¬ tery charger. AM/FM/CD with speakers inside &
pass, self-contained head. New bottom 1995.
vented locker, cockpit weather cover, inflatable, swim ladder, windspeed/direction, depth,
HOBIE33,1985. Very ggplapldition, fixed keel,
Roller furling, self-tailing winches, charger, many extras. Last hauled w/bottom paint 1997. Asking
knotmeter & repeater, all records & manuals. $27,000. (408) 268-5184.
USED SAILS-SAVE $$$ Sail |xchange (949) 631-0193 www.sailexchange.com
MARINE ELECTRICAL Complete AC & DC specialist; Troubleshooting, Inverter Installation, Charging Systems, Battery Banks, Shorepower, Complete or Custom Rewiring, Hands-On Education with every piece of electronics we install. "Do-It-Yourselfers Welcome" Call Garth 1*800*672*8947
$25,000. Contact Jim at restless @ earthling.net or (011)52-114-31706.
O’DAY 322,1987. Loaded: Autohelm, GPS, ra¬ dar, VHF, ref/freezer, H/C press water, shower, roller furl, full batten main, propane stove/oven, BBQ. Epoxy bottom, new dodger, Bajavet, $5,000 below market. Must sell. $33,900. Please call (510) 582-4929, wallyval@pacbell.net
lines, microwave, TV & more. Owner wants to move up. Almost newboat. Asking $79,000. Please call (408) 377-8186.
$19,750. Neal Riley (510) 365-2541.
Guard documented, has 20 year Mexico permit.
outside, Dutchman reef & single line reef, roller furling, 100% genoa, dodger, boomvang, new
Bruce anchor, whisker pole, two propane tanks &
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GPS, electric windlass w/cockpit remote, sailing
Strongly built, can carry 2 kayaks without looking
NEWPORT 30,1978. Epoxy bottom completed in
diesel. Excellent mechanical condition. Over $17,000 upgrades include wheel steering w/com-
Unbelievable value with new Imran LP, Harken furling, Westerbeke diesel, Furuno radar, Furuno
stupid, sails well. Lying at desirable marina in La Paz, at the Sea of Cortez doorstep. Plane ticket
at (Oil) 52-112-73229 for details.
30-FT ISLANDER. Low hours, strong Volvo Penta
chanderly manager & author of “The Baja Bash".
32 TO 35 FEET
BENETEAU FIRST 310, 1992. Lake-sailed 4 years, OCSC Berkeleyfor3years. Deep keel, low hours, new rigging, instruments, VHF, furling,
4 located at Coyote Point. Needs compression post replaced. Comes with mooring in Half Moon Bay and rowing dingy. $6,500 obo. Please call (303) 258-9674 or dutcher868@ aol.com for info.
lenged like most Yorkies. Personal boat of Cap¬ tain Jim Elfers (see March Latitude), marine
Yamaha, all lines led aft, downwind pole, staysail.
31- FT MARINER KETCH. Perkins 4-107, great
sive ground tackle. In La Paz. $15,500. Call Don
1967 S & S DESIGNED COLUMBIA 29. Just
CUSTOM 35 CUTTER. For insurance purposes this is a Yorktown 35, but not aesthetically chal¬
Please.
all options. njMret, lew $>ectra halyards, good built, (x - Coruba). Seattle, l^fflfoOO. (509) 782-1122.
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J.T. Van Sickle Co., since 1976 Jan Van Sickle, ALM, Member: SAMS, SA, SNAME & ABYC www.jtvs.com
TEAK WOOD
Phone/fax: (707) 939-9131 Email: jtvs@juno.com P.O. Box 51, Vineburg, CA. 95487
B. AXELROD & CO.
Since 1961
First quality. Fine selection. Surfaced 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 7/8", 1 7/8 • 201 Florida St., SF 94103'
Rough 4/4", 8/4"
(415)626-4949 • Fax (415) 621-8982.
BRISTOL 32. Completely refitted and custom¬
71/72 IRWIN 32 SLOOP; SEA DEN. Atomic 4,
FREYA 39 DOUBLE-ENDER, 1975. In San Fran¬
ized. Ail new electronics and electrical. Radar, full nav station, computer, The Captain, GPS, B & G
club-footed jib, dodger, extra sails, sleeps five. Owner took up golf. A great boat priced for quick
cisco. Yanmar 40 hp 20 hrs, 120 gal fuel, 60 gal water. Fresh cruising interior. Needs some finish
insts. VHF, AP, wind, depth, speed, repeaters,
sale at $12,500. (650) 877-7429.
handhelds. Garmin GPS and chart plotter at wheel. New mast, boom & running rigging. Heart In¬
work. Lots of gear. $49,000 obo. Please call Mike at (305) 292-5614.
ERICSON 32, 1974. New Yanmar diesel, new
verter, Link 2000, solar, 500 amps. Alder-Barbour,
bottom 10/99, roller furling, wheel, full electronics,
propane, BBQ. Brand new cruising spinnaker, new 130 roller gen-Profurl. Gennaker, 90% jib.
h/c pressure water, 6' 4" headroom, extremely spacious, great liveaboard or cruiser. Mexico vet¬
38- FT INGRID KETCH, 1939. Chrysler Nissan diesel. Port Orford cedar hull, teak decks. With some dedication, could be a great cruiser. $15,000.
New interior and cockpit cushions, all new exterior
eran. Beautiful inside & out. Survey 10/99 at
Call (415) 305-5591.
canvas. Brand new 4-man raft w/ 3.5 Nissan.
$20,000. Moving, must sacrifice: $16,900 obo. Berth in Sausalito. Call (888) 541-7232. See at: www.borterserv.com
39- FT STEEL PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, KOCHAB.
Yanmar diesel, new shaft, bearing, prop and full engine-shaft alignment. New head & holding tank, hoses. Lifesling. Fresh LPU. Great stereo. Must see (o appreciate. Extraordinary. $42,000. Please call (510) 843-8545.
RANGER 33. Best boat on the Bay. Lots of equipment. No blisters. New rig, new interior. Spinnaker gear. $22,500. (510) 534-7317.
TARTAN 34,1974. Keel/centerboard, S&S de¬ sign. 11,000 lb displacement, 5,000 lb ballast, lots of teak, pretty, Monitor windvane, DS, KM, Autohelm. Atomic-4. Very little use. Please call (650) 244-9619.
36 TO 39 FEET
HUNTER 33, 1978. Pampered pet, very nice. Diesel, refrig, hot shower, TV, Datamarine, Loran,
39-FT FREYA, 1979. New: 1999 Fisher Panda
Seafarer, Autohelm, doty. Recent survey. Berthed in Sausalito. $25,000. (415) 257-8977 for photo or information. 32-FT FLUSH DECK SLOOP. Excellent condi¬
excellent condition. Selling price: $120,000. FOB. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Please call (954) 760-7592 or egress@mindspring.com
tion. Beefy English 1960 pocket cruiser, full keel, shoal draft, tight hull, full sail suit, Yanmar diesel.
39-FT CAL, 1979.2 private staterooms, Perkins
Seakindly, tons of room. Loads of gear. Loves stiff Bay air. $25,000 obo. (510) 758-3113.
4-108. Bluewater/coastal cruising ready: roller furling, 5 sails, inner forestay, windlass, 4 an¬
MARINER 32 KETCH, 1972. Full keel, fiberglass,
chors, incl 45# CQR primary w/200 ‘ 3/8" chain, SSB, LCD radar, GPS, Loran, Fleming autopilots, NEMA interface cabling, solar, wind generator, hi-
Perkins4-107, tanbarksails, seven bags headsails, radar, GPS, autopilot, windvane, speed/depth, inflatable. Exceptionally well maintained. Must sell. $27,000 obo. (510) 206-3875. SANTANA 35,1983. Many sails, very clean. Ohrs on rebuilt Volvo. Pressure water. (650) 341-7718.
HUNTER VISION 36,1991. Liveaboard, cruise or race this sexy, spacious, easy to sail Bay & coastal performance cruiser with all-round visibil¬ ity in main salon. Breakfast is great in the huge aft bed with highest quality foam. Modem design head & galley with Corian counters. 6' 6" headroom. Yanmar diesel (rebuilt '98) with new ex¬ haust system, Spectra sails (’97), full batten main
Adler-Barbour refrig, two 30 amp 110 volt sys¬ tems, complete Autohelm/Garmin instruments,
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38T HANS CHRISTIAN, 1980. Cutter, Pro Furl jib,
Details & pictures on www.metro.net/ulmem
60diesel, Monitor Windvane, autopilot, VHF, SSB, GPS, radar, inverter, electric windlass, CQR & Bruce, new (10/1999) inflatable with 15 hp o/b,
39-FT CAL, 1979.2 private staterooms, Perkins 4-108. Bluewater/coastal cruising ready: roller furling, 5 sails, inner forestay, windlass, 4 an¬ chors, incl 45# CQR primary w/200'3/8" chain, SSB, LCD radar, GPS, Loran, Autohelm, Fleming autopilots, NEMA interface cabling, solar, wind generator, hi-cap electrical, dodger, bimini, refrig/ freezer, watermaker, TV, stereo. 3 page equip¬ ment/refinement list. Extensive refit Svendsens 1995. West Coast references available. Presently berthed Ft. Lauderdale. Always blister-free. $59,500. Please contact (954) 614-4672 or rogerbohl @ compuserve.com
tion & fully equipped for long range/offshore cruis¬ ing. Asking $95,000 obo. Call (415) 663-8292.
38-FT HINKLEY, 1969. Beautiful bluewater cruiser, ready to go. Westerbeke 37 hp (rebuilt ’96), North full batten main & genoa (’96), SSB, watermaker, Navico pilot, Monitor vane, wind gen¬ erator, radar, GPS, Gruenert refrig/freezer (’96), Avon w/8 hp. 10 CD/stereo. $85,900. Please call (619) 995-2440. UNION POLARIS 36,1978 CUTTER. Roller jib. Good sails & full cockpit covers for comfortable cruising. American Aircraft cable rigging. 60 hp Isuzu diesel. 140 gal fuel, 100 gal water, 11 cubic ft Adler-Barbour refrig. Custom teak interior. Much extra storage. Three anchors, power winch, SatNav, VHF, RDF, EPIRB, autopilot, depth. Ex¬ cellent bluewater cruiser & liveaboard. 18 tons. Documented. $65,000. Berkeley Marina to see. (916)457-8051 or (916)452-3955. FISHER 37. Yanmar 88 hp diesel, two GPS's, new
rogerbohl @ compusenre.com
Perkins 4-108, 4 kw genset, 96 gal fuel, mast steps, windlass, 385 ft high test chain, custom
liferaft, new propane tanks, Heart inverter 2500,
SANTANA 37,1970. This strong, fast cruiser is
deep keel, fully enclosed cockpit. Radar, two
ready for extended winter cruising in Florida or the Caribbean. Well maintained & fully equipped.
autopilots, two VHF's, hailer, inverter, separate holding plate refrig & freezer with engine drive &
Includes Volvo MD-11 diesel, Force 10 stove/ oven, Adler-Barbour refrig, Harken roller furling
mattress, heating, custom cabinetry & features
with 3 jibs, newer North main, spinnaker w/ATN
throughout & more. Must see to appreciate. Sails
sock, Norseman/Navtec rigging, 3 anchors, Nilson
& looks great & is the roomiest, most comfortable 38 ft built. Two boat owner, must sell. $149,500.
electric windlass with 300 ft 3/8" BBB chain, double bow roller, Furuno arch mounted radar, GPS, Autohelm autopilot, depthsouriders, VHF, 150 amp alternator, Blaupunkt AM/FM cassette, 110 gal water, 40 gal fuel, wind generator, por¬
1 lOv systems, microwave, Sealy Posturepedic
Please call (310) 305-1505 or SVZebrina® aol.com 36-FT ISLANDER FREEPORT, 1981. B-plan,
new wiring. $104,000. Call (916) 761-5838.
40 TO 50 FEET 46-FT CLASSIC OCEAN RACER/CRUISER,
Cholita. First Cal 32, 1937. Good condition & beautiful. Well worth restoring. Recently refas¬ tened hull, new rigging, good decks, no dry rot. Needs motor & sails. Price negotiable. Call Rod Clifton, (281) 339-0300.
table air conditioner, TVA/CR & dodger. 8/98
great liveaboard, autopilot, roller furling, recent electronics, new frig, inverter, batteries (6), 100A
survey available. Located Ft. Lauderdale. $24,900 obo. (510)338-0661.
alternator, 2600R Heart, Pathfinder diesel. See at Alameda Marina, slip 742. $74,500. Will consider
RHODES 41 BLUEWATER RACER/CRUISER. Two time Mexico vet/South Pacific vet. Ready to
trade, sail or power. Ken, days (408) 988-4025 or eves (408) 248-6770.
go. Overbuilt fiberglass hull, complete refit '97. Back-up systems, loaded. Call for info package. Save broker fee & tax. Boat in La Paz. Please call
fessional. Sale/finance by owner $50-80K. Cash
ACCOUNTANT SAYS GET RID OF IT!! 1992
(949) 496-8200 or nimbus034@aol.com
down & terms. Stephen, (415) 816-1967.
Freedom 38. New UK sails, Antal system, Maxi¬
WANTED: 38-45 FT SLOOP/CUTTER, full keel fiber/wood coastal cruiser/liveaboard for Biz pro¬
prop & many extras. $100,000 firm or it will be a
AMEL 46,1982. A strong cruiser in great condi¬
donation. (209) 374-3355 or (530) 284-6663.
tion & fully equipped. For full specs see: www.geocities.com/ondoingit/specdoc.html.
Beneteau quality, made in France. Perkins 4108,
HUNTER LEGEND 37.5, 1987. 12 ft 10 inch
(480) hrs. GPS, Loran, VHF, w/speed, depth, spd
beam. 2 private queen staterooms, teak/holly
$185,000. Call (510) 845-7984 or email: ondoingit@yahoo.com
log, pressure water, liferaft, dinghy, 4 sails. Boat is in like new condition. 2nd owner (12) yrs. Fresh
floors, blue Sunbrella upholstery, windlass, Heart inverter, Zodiac w/Mercury 8 hp, hot shower,
bottom paint. Boat is in Honolulu, HI. $59,000. Pis
Yanmar 34 hp diesel, 220 original hrs, surveyed
call (808) 456-9706.
10/98. $50,000. (415) 383-0684.
commissioned
MARINE SURVEYOR
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sign. Built in Switzerland. Aluminum hull sloop rigged with Mercedes engine. In excellent condi¬
radar, two VHF radios, Probe Interphase depthsounder, new non-skid & paint, new electric windlass & 5/16 BBB chain, two anchors, PUR 80 watermaker, hot/cold pressure water. 6-man
Jan 1984.
DOUG SJiOl '1 ON
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38-FT REINKE S10,1995. Strong German de¬
Well equipped, all bells & whistles. Perfect liveaboard cruiser. Moored Fort Bragg, CA. Call early am or after 6 pm. (707) 964-4488.
IRWIN 38,1984. Center cockpit, two staterooms
racer
with low mileage. Located Vallejo Marina. $49,500. Please contact (707) 278-0519 or email:
Just completed 9 year No. & So. Pacific cruise.
& two heads with showers. Original owner. Spe¬ cially built with many custom upgrades. Cruise ready. Immaculately maintained. Light & bright interior. Genoa, staysail & mainsail, all furling.
BENETEAU FIRST 38,1983. Offshore cruiser/
bished all teak decks & interior. Volvo 2003 engine
$65,000. (209) 634-8752 or laniki@earthlink.net
finement list. Extensive refit Svendsens 1995. West Coast references available. Presently berthed Ft. Lauderdale. Always blister-free. $59,500. Contact (954) 614-4672 or
superbly maintained. $89,000. (650) 359-4780.
WESTSAIL 32. Documented cruising vet, refur¬
windvane, liferaft. 45# CQR w/200 ft chain, 38# Danforth w/chain & rode 100# Herreshoff storm
cap electrical, dodger, bimini, refrig/freezer, watermaker, TV, stereo. 3 page equipment/re¬
with batt-slides, 150% & 110% jibs. New 450 amp hr batteries, Maxwell 800RC windlass, Bruce 44 anchor. Freestanding mast, spinnaker, autopilot,
cover, propane stove w/oven, Seaswing stove, h/ c pressure water, demand water heater, fireplace, 150 gal water, 120 gal fuel, 38 hp diesel, 3 bilge pumps, 7 sails, radar, GPS, Loran, VHF, Aires
anchor, many other accessories. Hauled 7/99.
and other new items. $104,000. (408) 353-5712 or JohnBabot@email.MSN.com 4kw generator, Spectra watermaker, all canvas, awning, interior cushions, cockpit cushions, Muir windlass, running rigging. This boat is loaded & in
RAFIKI 37, 1975. Cutter, world cruiser, docu¬ mented, 2nd owners. Fiberglass with Airex core, teak interior w/custom cabinetry, dodger, cockpit
MEMBER OF N.A.M.S. PO. Box 121, El Cerrito, C&94530
Traditional
YACHT DELIVERY
Telephone
(5I0> 235-6679 Email: dshotton@surfree.com
15 years in business and continuing!
~ Power & SailExperienced • Licensed • References Bill Carber • (415) 332-7609 • Email: wcarber@earthlink.net
MARINE DIESEL ENGINE SEMINAR Learn how to operate, maintain, and repair your diesel engine. Get hands-on experience adjusting valves, timing an engine, bleeding the fuel system, diagnosing problems and making repairs. Programs held on Saturdays. For more information, phone Technical Education Institute, (415) 332-7544
Diving • Electrical / Installations & Repairs
Dennis Daly (510)849-1766 "Mobile Marine Service"
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Hull Maintenance • Rigging • Surveys • Systems Installations • Fine Woodworking
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MASTER MARINERS DREAM, 49 ft cutter rigged
TARTAN 40,1989. Beautiful, strong, performance
HANS CHRISTIAN 43T. Beautifully maintained
yawl. Proven world sailer with 2-3/4 circumnavi¬
cruiser. Kevlar hull, scheel keel, cutter rigged, hard dodger. Complete systems refit, 1995-97.
cruiser. Windvane, inverter, new upholstery, cus¬
world trip or sail back to California. USCG docu¬ mented vessel. Builder: Cantieri Sangermani, Lavagna, Italy of real woods, oak, teak, hull of
Refer/frz, radar, HAM/SSB, two GPS, autopilot,
recent survey available. Located 10 minutes from San Francisco airport. Owner has moved & must
TAYANA 55 CUTTER, commissioned 1987. Popu¬
sell! A steal at $119,000. Toll-free (877) 742-9755
lar 4 cabin layout. Sleeps/seats 10. Huge aft
black African mahogany. Real beauty & great sailer. Well equipped. Famous Italian racer, fast &
call (805) 984-7047 orsvobsession @ hotmail.com
or www.seabrooks.com
salon. 135 hp low time Perkins diesel. 8 kw Onan generator. Teak decks. Stand-up workshop,
easy to shorthand sail. Price: $89,000. Located
1985 42.6', VICTORY. Doug Peterson-Choate
TANTON 42. Strong, fast IOR convert/cruiser.
watermaker, 6 battery banks w/2 chargers.
Hawaii. Single owner since 1974. Please contact Misha at phone number: (808) 328-2277 or
built. FG/Kevlar. Fully equipped: washer, radar,
Easily singlehanded. Fiberglass hull. Transpac
Singlehanded rigged. Efficient, spacious, well
GPS (logged at 20.3 mph), sonar, Autohelm 7000,
maintained. $260,000. Please fax inquiries to:
OLDHAWCOF@webtv.net
watermaker, 55 hp Pathfinder diesel, new sails &
winner. Major refit ’96 - '99. New: radar, GPS, AP, Yanmar 50 hp, B&G instruments, refer, Quantum
more. In route (Costa Rica) to Miami from Califor¬
main & much more. Ext equipment list. $65,000.
42-FT LOA MAHOGANY ON OAK. Center cock¬
nia. Comfortable, fast cruiser. $119,000.
(775) 267-3570.
NEW SCHOONER. Hardest part is done. Must
pit ketch. Beautiful & fully equipped for cruising.
victoryatsea@yahoo.com
PASSPORT 40,1982 SLOCIP, Great liveaboard/
sell. 57 ft OD. Full keel, single chine. Includes tools, hardwoods, spars & assorted hardware to
41-FT COLUMBIA, 1973. Excellent liveaboard.
cruiser, GPS, radar, Loran, Switlik 6-man SAR,
expedite completion. $58,000. Please call Michael,
Center cockpit, 50 hp Perkins diesel, huge aft cabin, new interior, washer/dryer, new head, 40
Fatty Knees dinghy with o/b, Autohelm, Grunert
(503) 826-1013 eves.
gations completed. Right now, ready for another
inverter, 8 gph watermaker, nine sails, liferaft, etc. Best sailboat on the market for $159,900. Please
Too much to list. Lying San Cartos, Mexico. Start your cruise in paradise. Asking $45,000, make offer. Excellent condition. Call (Oil) 52-622-61570 or email: antidi@hotmail.com
Smart regulator, teak interior. Original owner.
floor & carpet. New custom mini-blinds, new 3/8" Lexan windows, microwave, propane oven, 4-
$135,000. (408) 264-9005.
to live on & sail. $59,000 obo. Please call Justin at (650)208-1147.
(520) 760-2856.
refrig, dodger/bimini, diesel heater, SS watertanks,
gal holding tank, shower, new diesel heater, new
bumer stove. New 13" & 9‘ AC/DC TV/VCR. New plumbing & electric. Many improvements. Ready
51 FEET & OVER
tom mattress & more. Detailed equipment list &
PASSPORT42. Commissioned 1990. Huntingford designed canoe stem cutter. Serious offshore cruiser. Very comfortable liveaboard. Continually upgraded. Low maintenance unvarnished teak trim, white hull. SS hardware & ports. Unusually
46 HOLLAND ALUMINUM CUSTOM, 1979
light teak interior, large head with stall shower.
Palmer Johnson built. This is ‘ARIES’ of Fastnet
$195,000. (415) 816-3646 ortompatt® hooked.net
ENDEAVOUR 51,1989. Beautiful cruising sloop.
48-FT C&C LANDFALL World cruiser, low pro¬
racing fame. Major refit with emphasis on cruis¬
file pilothouse with inside/outside steering. Dual
ing. Seakindly. Easily shorthanded. Excellent
PASSPORT 42,1981. A great world cruiser. One
Center cockpit, 3 staterooms, 7 ft headroom. Yanmar, AP, GPS, windlass, davits/dink. Well
furling jibs, furling main & staysail. Loaded w/
blue water boat. Extensive updated equipment list. Fast. Powerful. Doug Weber (949) 673-4527.
owner. Impressive inventory of electronic equip¬ ment irifcluding GPS, radar, autopilot, VHF, SSB/
equipped & very clean in/out. $189,000. Please contact (530) 672-0596 or www.geocities.com/
$89,000.
HAM, Loran, depthsounder, windspeed/direction,
baja/mesa/1745
electronics, radar, SSB, GPS w/charts, solar panel, wind generator, 8 kw generator, 8-man liferaft. $139,000. Call Dale at (408) 253-9008 or
inverter, etc. $134,500. Non-smoker, no pefs.
www.siliconstars.com
Excellently maintained. Located in Vallejo. Please call (619) 995-5066.
MacGREGOR 65,1986. Go fast for cheap. Re¬
GULFSTAR 50 KETCH, BUILT 1977. One owner.
cent survey, great low price. Two sets of sails & ready for your personal touch. Possible CG Cer¬
New windows. Center cockpit. Perkins diesel,
tification for 19 passengers. $90,000 obo this month. Financing or trade possible. Please call
jsferguson @ alum.mit.edu
7.5kw generator, refrig/freezer, windlass, autopi¬ lot, propane stove/oven, radar. Two heads. Eight
PERRY 47 KETCH. 1998 Pacific Cup, 1999
sails, roller furling headsail. Feathering prop. Lots of teak inside. $139,000. Tom, (415) 479-1164.
CELESTIAL 48 OWNERS - Looking to find or start an owner’s group. Contact me: Scott Ferguson P.O. Box 658, Jamestown, Rl 02835 or
(916) 422-8371.
IMAGINE, 55-FT LOA, 49-FT LWL,
14 ft beam.
Coastal Cup, 1996/98 refit including: rigging, sails, roller furling headsail, electronics, electrical, re¬
NAUTICAT 44 KETCH. One owner, superior con¬
Club racer/liveaboard. Located in Kauai. Drasti¬
dition, 1st factory custom in West, cruise ready,
cally reduced $85,000. Good investment opportu¬
frigeration. Email: samla@pacbell.net for com¬
nity. Reconditioned and sail away for $140,000.
plete spec sheet and pictures. Better than new,
dual steering, forced air heating, center queen aft cabin, 2 heads - separate shower, 4 page equip¬
liveaboard, Angel Island, and offshore ready.
ment list. Reduced $179,900. (805) 501-4059 or
$144,500.
www.robertpard@aol.com
Earl, (808) 246-4828.
TAYANA 52,1985. Luxury performance cruiser. Aft cockpit, three double staterooms & spacious
CATALINA 42 MKII, 1998. Desirable two state¬ room model. Loaded! 50 hp Yanmar, all B&G Instruments, wind, speed, depth, Nav repeater, sea temp and B&G Autopilot, Garmin 225 color GPS/Plotter, Raytheon Pathfinder24 miles radar, VHF, 4 golf cart batteries w/ Heart 2500 Inverter and Link 2000, Bruce anchor with 200' chain rode, Y-Valves on both heads. Custom dodger, bimini and complete covers. Designer interior. Asking
interior. New autopilot & GPS, Kevlar main, Profurl,
HARDIN 45 PLUS, 1981/98. Hull #100 built for the
refer, boiler heat, dodger/bimini. Extensive up¬
owner of Hardin Int. has many features unavail¬ able on other Hardins including lead keel, heavy
grades & refits. Datamarine instruments, more.
NEW ROBERTS MAURITIUS 43. Fiberglass hull
Fully outfitted. $245,000. (541) 388-8223 or
lay-up, tall rig and interior details. $136,000 obo. Call (250) 743-9967 or Bloosailer@AOL.com
only, no deck or ballast. Can be made into a cruising sailboat or enclosed wheelhouse motorsailer. Ketch or cutter. Comes with custom
davis@coinet.com
FREEDOM 40,1976. Cat ketch, swing keel, cen¬ ter cockpit. Easy singlehander. 1992 refit. Cruised
cradle. Needs to be finished. Ideal for owner builder. $6,500 obo. (503) 283-5200.
$179,000. Call Scott at (619) 224-6000.
Mexico, Hawaii & Alaska. GPS, refrig, radar, au¬ topilot, inverter, watermaker. Reduced to $72,000.
50-FT STARCRAFT (Columbia 50 hull shape).
$24,000 assumable. (360) 856-0100.
CLASSICS 45-FT E.B. SCHOCK YAWL, FLYING CLOUD,
Professionally built hull & deck, mast, standing
1926. Hollywood history, classic cruising racer,
rigging, sails, 50 hp diesel, winches & misc parts. $20,000 obo. No hull kickers please. Contact
beautiful lines, fir on oak, lead keel, teak house trim, new decks, beams, ribs. Great hull, needs
(831) 662-9373.
complete interiors substantial restoration. $6,000 firm. Serious only. (408) 873-8970.
motion sickness ~ SPRAY! works - even ~ after - you're - sick 231. 743. 2141
YACHT REPAIR Fiberglass & Complete Blister Repair - Deck Repair - Paint & Brightwork Discount on all materials Neat & on time - 23 yrs experience (415) 331-9850
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MARINE SURVEYS Toll Free: 877-582-1657 VINCE Dl LEO wood, fiberglass, power, sail mast & rigging SAMS SA, USCG 100 Ton License, ABYC ADMIRALTY MARINE SERVICE, LLC www.admiraltyscrviccs.com
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THE WOODEN BOAT SCHOOL Low shop rates for repairs or new construction. We do spars, rigging, woodwork, decks, refinishing & refastening. Let us repair your deck or cabin top before winter. (415) 258-8126
Y2K ALMANAC Commercial Edition $19.95 + $3.50 S&H www.paracay.com or (800) 736-4509
YACHT DELIVERY Retired marine captain, 350-ton license, extensive offshore delivery sail/power since 1979. Detailed knowledge Alaska-Panama, Carib, Med, North to Labrador. Crew: Retired diesel mechanic/chef afsoqualified in refrig., electrical. Detailed resume/quick quote on website: island.net/~yachtdel. Email: yachtdel@island.net Phone: (250) 954-0427.
30-FT NUNES HURRICANE, #8,1947. Refas¬ tened 1992; major deck and trunk cabin work
31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Tahiti/Mexico vet. A-frame model. Removable hard dodger &
1996; Graymarine 25hp Sea Scout needs some
extended aft cabin. Six good sails including cruis¬
work; nice like new full cover. Moored Sausalito. Needs TLC. Make offer. Mike (415) 258-9650.
ing spinnaker. Hard dinghy & inflatable. Comfort¬ able liveaboard for two. Lots of cruising gear. $16,500. Open to offers. Bob, (619) 218-8696.
14-FT PAPER TIGER catamaran “Una” rigged sailboat. New Zealand designed by Ron Given.
CORSAIR F27,1993. One owner. Every avail¬
29-FT MONTEREY HULL. Tight, fair, no bad
able factory option+, full electronics, new Mylar main, two colored headsails, upgraded trailer,
wood. $1,200. Please call (510) 234-3322 or rcw@webbnet.com
recent epoxy bottom. Freshwater boat, always covered. Call for further info. $52,000 firm. Call (360) 427-7256. Delivery possible.
PARTNERSHIPS
WHARRAM DESIGN 38-FT CATAMARAN. Ep¬
Fiberglass/epoxy over 3/16” marine ply. Light
oxy over marine plywood. Mast, sails & lots of hardware included. Needs work. See first at
weight, in very good condition. 22 ft mast. Extra new unused 100 sq ft fully battened sail. Trailer.
Marshall Boat Works in Marshall, CA. Leave mes¬ sage with best offer, if interested, (707) 765-8626.
DESIRE 1 OR 2 EQUITY PARTNERS. 1989 Endeavour 51 center cockpit sloop. Well main¬ tained & equipped, a world class performance cruiser with 3 large staterooms & 2 heads w/
Eats Hobie 14 & 16s. Great boat for young racers. $750 obo. Lying Foster City, CA. (650) 573-5432.
26-FT CROTCH ISLAND PINKY, 1995. Classic
35-FT TRIMARAN SPORT CRUISER. Set up for
wooden hull, gorgeous design, fir on oak, teak
singlehanding, 15 hp electric start o/b, autopilot,
decks, centerboard, junk rig, 18 hp Yanmar die¬
instruments, three spinnakers, recent main, jib, recent standing rigging. Good looking, strong, fast
sel, 36 gal, lines lead aft, radio, compass, depth, charting GPS, anchors, dinghy, trailerable. $23,000. (707) 882-2159, for more information:
boat. Cheaper than F-27 but much more boat. Alameda. Only $36,000 firm. (510) 521-0883.
http://www.mcn.Org/h/royfox
IROQUOIS 30 CATAMARAN, 1974. Ruggedly 34-FT SUNSET SAILBOAT, 1937. DeWitt de¬ signed (Oakland) for racing. Mahogany over oak, close-planked. Sails (two sets, one canvas). Atomic 4. Serious only please. $5,000 obo. Call Sarah (831) 502-2982
POWER & HOUSEBOATS
THREE CONVIVIAL WOMEN SEEKING fourth to share cost & pleasure in 24 ft Islander Bahama
21-FT ENGLISH BUILT, FIBERGLASS, two bracket for “get-home” engine. Perkins 85 hp
In good condition, push button starteron outboard motor. (510) 233-2574.
diesel, low hrs. New galvanized four wheel trailer with surge brakes, wheel covers & spare. Custom made for this vessel. $13,500. (415) 868-2940.
Yamaha 9.9 Hi-thrust outboard. $37,500. For more information please email: rwise@aol.com, or call (510) 523-8758 or visit http://members.aol.com/ iroquois30
36-FT CARVER MARINER, 1988. Twin 350 Cru¬
beautiful classic needs some work! (2) Grey Ma¬
berthed at Richmond Marina Bay, Richmond, CA. $2,000 to buy in, $150 per quarter for berth fees.
berths & head, depthsounder, VHF, outboard
built English Racer/Cruiser. Sleeps 6 in 2 double and 2 single berths. New roller furling genoa. 1992
1927 DEFOE MOTOR YACHT PROJECT: 58 ft
showers layout. Berth location negotiable. Cur¬ rent use 1 day/mo. (530) 672-0596.
saders, low hrs, 4.5k generator, two AC/heat, icemaker, Probe depthfinder, GPS, wet bar, two staterooms with queen size bed in master. Spa¬ cious, sharp, great for entertaining, living. $77,500. Please contact: us4byrds@iname.com or phone: (510)536-5118.
37-FT O’DAY CENTER COCKPIT with gennaker.
rine 6 cylinder engines, Wegdewood stove, and more. Jacuzzi tub! Work/live on her while you are
38-FT HUNTER CLASSIC. Twin V-8's, tri-cabin
Large bed & 2nd head in aft cabin. Just hauled,
restoring! In the Water. $5,500 obo. Please call (415) 740-1946.
design. H/C pressure water, shower, head with treatment tank. Great liveaboard. New bottom,
surveyed & engine repaired. Berthed at Emery Cove east of Bay Bridge. Will train & checkout if needed. Accepting max of 3 equity partners at a
surveyed 5/99. $7,200 for fast sale. Please call
37-FT HUNTER, 1967. Twin 318’s. Hull, cabin,
fixed monthly fee of only $350with up front $3,950. This price includes fee simple slip ownership. Looking for cruising-relaxed individuals. A 60 day mutual “buy-back” option to be included. Dream
(510) 499-2060.
interior, excellent condition. Generator, stove, oven, canvas, etc. Excellent liveaboard. $25,000. Mike, (925) 210-3031.
36-FT CUSTOM NEWICK TRIMARAN, 1986. Faster, roomier than Farriers! Beautiful N-36with 26 ft beam, sleeps 6, enclosed head, galley, huge cockpit, fuller, full batten main, screecher, speedo/ depth, GPS, solar panels, 15 hp Honda & much more. $49,900 or $59,900 w/mooring. Please call
MULTI HULLS
(949) 631-4434 work or (949) 723-0279 home or www.multisail.com
15-FT SEA SPRAY CATAMARAN WITH trailer. Rarely used, needs some work. Stored covered.
40-FT SEARUNNER, 1984. Professionally built
(562) 591-5224 or labjab@aol.com.
TWO STORY FLOATING HOME. Large redwood
cess. Bike trails, boating. $45,000. Call Eriki at (650) 365-3320 or (650) 364-6446.
Location: SF, Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond,
dition Yanmar, solar/windgenerator, autopilot, ra¬
LIVEABOARD 36-FT CABIN CRUISER. Lectra-
privileges as my guest. Erik, (510) 666-9412.
WEST. 55 hp Yanmar turbo kick-up box, Martec. All sails. Off center steering, dodger, windlass,
new epoxy barrier/LPU inside & out. Lots more.
custom pulpit, bow roller, stem rail. Original owner/
$45,000. (530) 626-6700.
San head, ftf95HS4?,a,eroom'main cabin, °Pen aft deckinterior, new paint in &
HOBIE 16. Professionally rebuilt hulls, new sails,
out. Ample stoffffi^Fpi|ft% Sound, dry ma¬ hogany hull. ProfessMtytf^rtained. Diesel
Multi-colored sails. Very clean and well kept.
new tramp, new hardware, has all the latest up¬ grades. Comes with a galvanized trailer, 12"
not running. 2nd home tax dftuction. $11,500. (415) 824-1278.
Caulkins trailer. Haven't had time to use the past
wheels, bearing buddies, lockbox for sails, etc.
two years. Blue-book for the boat alone: $6,100. Asking $5,300 for everything. Please call Greg at
$1,800 obo. Ask for Chris at (831) 476-7113 or
26-FTCHRISCRAFT POWERBOAT. Runs good,
(408) 690-7918.
some electronics included. No trailer, no regular berthing privileges at Santa Cruz Harbor. $3,500. Please call Larry White, Santa Cruz Port District, (831)475-6162.
builder. $40,000. (415) 332-2449.
(415) 567-1929.
F-27 CORSAIR, 1991, #195. Located on Puget 27-FT STILETTO, 1982. Excellent condition, trailer, 15 hp o/b, many new items. In water in Tiburon. $11,000 obo. (415) 897-4034.
SKIPPER WITH NO BOAT, but with mech/elect skills seeks owner w/40 ft or larger boat, lacking these, for non-equity partnership. Month by month.
deck. Lots of windows. Located Docktown Marina Redwood City. Approximately 800 square feet.
dar, eight sails, refer/freezer, 12 ft Achilles w/7.5 Honda, Force 10 heater, three double/one single,
HOBIE MIRACLE 20, 1993. Incredible shape.
maker sailing limited partnership. Please call Joe for a package. Toll free: 1-888-554-1000 or call (916) 686-4222.
Kitchen, bath. Very comfortable. Easy 101 ac¬
40-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Excellent con¬
(510) 261-5323.
24-FT FIBERGLASS DOUBLE-ENDED launch. Yanmar 2GM20F. Center console. All systems new or newly rebuilt. New spray dodger and bimini. Includes tandem trailer. Asking $8,800.
Sound. Set up for cruising with heater & custom head, double spreader mast for self-tacking jib.
Sausalito. No liveaboards please. Race, cruise, repair. Get your boat on the main Bay. Get YC
Most factory options & many finish line options. $55,900. (360) 458-2894.
USED SAILS 30 ft - 50 ft Race or Cruise www.sfsailing.com/leech rudi9er/
GOOD OLE ENGINES Atomic 4 rebuilds, good reconditioned take-outs. New, used parts for A-4's. Gray Marine 4-94, flathead gasser, complete, offer. Volvo MD1B, complete, offer. Yanmar SB-12, shaft, strut, panel, etc, $1,50Q. So Cal Refugees in the Redneck Riviera, NW FL, ship anywhere. SATORITOM ©aol.com or (850) 455-8830.
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call Lon Woodrum at:
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CAL 20, 1965. BERTHED PARADISE CAY,
ANCHOR WINDLASS. Simpson-Lawrence Sea
Tiburon. Unlimited cooperative use with one other
Tiger 555 two-speed. 160 ft 5/16" hi-test chain. Large Danforth anchor. Canvas cover, mounting
person. $800, plus pay half of $109 slip fee & help
TRAILERS
block & handle. All in near new condition. For
with maintenance & repairs. Great boat for Friday night beer can races, race with one design fleet in
boats 30-55 ft. List for package over $3,000. Sell
HEAVY DUTY 1993 TRIAD 2 AXLE keel boat
Richmond, comfortable for day sailing & even
$885.(415) 331-3612.
trailer. Used for J/24 racer. Road ready. Excellent condition. Adjustable pads. Synthetic load box.
ovemighters. Excellent Dacron racing sails plus
GENOAS (8), SPINNAKERS (5), spinnaker pole
extra sails. 4 hp Johnson outboard. Electrics need to be hooked up to batteries & needs some very
FOR TRADE OR SALE. This 58 ft LOA custom
minor repairs. In the water, not trailer-sailed. Bot¬
built luxury cruiser is superbly equipped in every
tom paint is fair, but should be redone this winter.
category of safety, navigation, convenience &
Currently sailing with Tiburon Yacht Club, but will
recreation. Commissioned in '98, she has under¬
consider moving boat to CYC or SFYC if you are
gone an extensive refit including new Raytheon
a member there. Reasonably experienced or trained sailor only. Please call Chris afterl 1/7 at
instrumentation, new dinghy, blister job, fresh varnish throughout, Imron paint, new dodger, deck
(415) 383-8200 ext 103 (wk/voice mail) or call
mounted sailing/rowing dinghy, Harken sailing
(415) 389-9378 (hm).
systems, extensive parts/equipment inventory, etc. She has fine craftsmanship & artful design of her solid teak interior, marble counters, entertain¬
WANTED
ment center & more. Truly a beautiful yacht, Skol is outfitted for all weather cruising with air condi¬ tioning & wood burning fireplace. She has just
WANTED: DECK HARDWARE & SAILS for Co¬
completed a 3 year cruise & is listed in Ft Lauder¬ dale for $345,000. Contact: toreckert@aol.com
lumbia 24 Challenger. (916) 392-9946 or email:
or (949) 246-3244. Will trade for lake or ocean
pcg@quiknet.com
view home.
dinghy, Martec folding prop. (415) 331-5005.
HOUSE IN LA PAZ, MEXICO. With catamaran & windsurfers. Trade for cabin in Big Bear (Dec March) or Utah/Sun Valley (April). Fax Pete at
PEARSON 23 C (CAT BOAT). Must be in good
(011)521-125-5900.
verse with table, stand & motor. $3,675. Please cail (415) 332-4104 or email: hoodsails@aol.com
SPEND NEW YEAR’S 2000 SAILING the beau¬ tiful seas around the island nation of Tonga - the
MAST. SOLID SITKA SPRUCE. 31’ x 6" x 4". $450. (415) 456-2022.
first place on earth to greet the new millennium. Click here! www.drewscabin.com/tonga/
EVINRUDE 8 HP PLUS FUEL TANK, $700. '98
TWO OLDTOWN KAYAKS with paddles, one
Simrad CP32tftgps GPS map 1998 plus two charts,
single ($525) and one double ($650). Aires
$1,500. '98 Pineapple storm jib, $550. New Pine¬ apple storm trysail, $600. Spinnaker 2.2 oz, 54.6 luff, 23.3 foot, 29 leach with sock & hoist, $750.
Windvane, $1,500. Two BBQs, one gas ($45), one charcoal ($30). Call (650) 462-1553.
Spinnaker similarto above, no gear, 1/2 oz, $450.
P-CUP EQUIPMENT: 1997 Life raft 6-man ultra
CQR anchor 45 lb, $250. Transpac medical kit, $600. (f15) 577-8286.
light ORC Cat II, 1996: PUR-35, PUR-6, 75W solar panel w/reg, also SSB and weatherfax,
ATOMIC 4 FOR SALE. Good condition. Includes
$4,500 for all (925) 866-9126 eve. d_briggs@yahoo.com. Serious inquiries only
transmission & panel. Was running when removed
please.
from an Ericson 32. $800. Please call Erik at, (510) 237-2099 am, (510) 223-8310 pm or email: granbeFg_erik@hotmail.com
condition. Will survey. Cash for the right boat.
MISCELLANEOUS
HEAVY DUTY INDUSTRIALSEWING MACHINE. Adler 166, zig-zag, straight stitch, forward & re¬
LOOKING FOR USED MONITOR self-steering windvane. Ken at work: (503) 292-1848, home: (503) 543-6090 orsvpolaris@yahoo.com
$2,000. (510) 482-8576. Ask for Ned.
& gear for 46 ft Ericson (J=19' 5"). Inflatable
Please call Ed, (925)933-2448.
SEXTANT, SPENCER-BROWNING & CO LON¬ DON. Complete. In a beautiful mahogany case. $1,200. Cali for more details, (209) 473-8554.
MUIR VERTICAL WINDLASS VR1000 rope cap¬
USED GEAR
MAST REPLACEMENT, 29' long for a 24' boat. (415) 623-5812 or (415) 499-7755.
TRAILER FOR 37-FOOT, 11,000 pound sailboat.
MAINSAIL & 155% FOR COLUMBIA 24. New
Needed for delivery to San Francisco from Ha¬
condition Larsen. Main: 19' 1" leach x 20' luff x 8'
waii, August 2000, after Pacific Cup. Buy? Rent? Borrow? Please call and leave message: Bill, (510)653-9531.
8" foot (two reef points), $285.155%: 30' 1 * leach x 29' 1' luff x 14' 3" foot, $285. Both sails, $500. (831) 373-1152 or bsten@mbay.net
SLIP AT PIER 39 WANTED. Looking for 36 ft,
SPARS: KETCH RIG (WOOD), main 52 ft with 17
bigger preferred. Looking to buy immediately or later. Possibility of your boat staying in the slip up
ft boom, mizzen 32 ft with 11 ft boom. $4,000.35 ft aluminum mast, $800. Includes standing rigging
to a year. Call (415) 577-4477 until Dec 1 or email:
for all masts etc. 30" teak steering wheel, $100.
e_o@hotmail.com (permanent address).
Wilcox head, $75. Please call (415) 648-7702.
stan w/chain gypsy for 3/8" BBB - 5/16" PC chain,
PERKINS 4-107 LONGBLOCK. Runs very well,
1000 lb pull. New, never installed, $850. 1989
see operate in boat. New 10 gal ABI stainless
Evinrude 14 hp short shaft, $700.45 lb stainless steel CQR anchor, $375. 2 hp Johnson water
water heater. Hi Seas & Shipmate heaters. Two
cooled, $150. Steve at (916) 417-4128 or wndyport@cwnet.com
MONITOR WINDVANE W/SPARES & mounting
stainless fuel tanks. Wallas flameless 2-bumer stove. 2 axle 5 ton sailboat trailer for rent. 54 ft aluminum mast & all rigging. 31 ft Airstream trailer. (415)331-7576.
brackets, $2,100. Stainless 54 gal water tank,
SAILRITE SEWING MACHINE. Model LS-1. Brand new, in the box. Never used. New price
TRADE
$499, my price $375 freight included. Saveli Ask for Gerry. Please call (541) 265-4601 days, or (541) 867-3895 evenings or email:
LET’S TRADE TOYS. I have a 1979 Honda
breezin@actionnet.net
Goldwing motorcycle; 13 ft fiberglass runabout with 20 hp Evinrude; and 166 Mhz Pentium laptop computer with external monitor. You have a 25 ft or larger sailboat. Call (916) 393-6847 or email: oren2000@email.com
USED LIGHT AIR HEADSAIL 4.5 oz Dacron: luff 58.20, leech 56.20, foot 35.10, area 954 sq ft. $450. Robin, (415) 332-4104.
$150. (415) 388-5237.
$375. Cal 25, just hauled, nice, $2,500. Real CQR anchor, 35#, forged, $275.15 ft Force 5 sailboat,
SAILBOATS AND POWERBOATS FOR SALE.
project but complete & sound, $475. Head, PAR, just rebuilt, $75. (510) 653-1724.
All makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510)464-4617.
TWO BARTON SNATCH BLOCKS, $50 ea. VHF
IRS TAX DEDUCTION. WE NEED YOUR HELP.
radio, $50. Four deep cycle batteries 6V, 250 A/H, performance as new, $25 ea. Anchor windlass,
By donating your boat in any condition, you help
manual, $300. 80 ft 5/16" HT chain, $50. Three 200 ft lengths of 5/8" nylon braid anchor rode, $70 ea. Hans-C anchor, 29#, new, $100. Fisherman
value. Running or not. Call now for more info. (800) 414-HAUL (4285).
WANT TO TRADE 2.5 ACRES IN SIERRA foot¬
auxiliary rudder, better than new. Stainless at¬
hills near Placerville for a sailboat. Approximate value $20,000. Prefer 25 foot trailable (Catalina,
tachments. $2,200 obo. We’re in transit to San Diego for mid-November arrival, so send us an
ARIES WINDVANE, incl wheel drum, $1,500. S.
O’Day etc.). Pis contact Bill at (805) 556-0317 or
email at: grayhawk2000@yahoo.com
homeless children and their families. Get full book
anchor, 20#, $75. Furling genoa, luff 53', leach 44', foot 23', $500. Two 2-blade Volvo folding props for 120S saildrive, $100 ea. Accessory drive brackets for Volvo 2003 engine, $75 ea. Blair, (707) 647-3316.
AUTOHELM SELF-STEERING, 1996 windvane,
NON-PROFIT
MAINSAIL FOR C&C 33,10' foot, 33' luff, 2 - 3yrs,
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CCY, 1070 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501.
SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION is growing &
ing to warm waters on safe cooperative boat with competent skipper & crew, Winter '99700. Skills: French, Spanish, diver, EMT, steer, crew, cook,
un. All experience levels welcome. Our members snjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, socials &
navigate. Please contact (510) 524-9631 or leisele34@hotmail.com
)ther activities year round. Monthly meeting at Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda. For more infor-
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DESIRE SAILING PARTNERS. Located in La
cutter; a world class cruiser. Fully equipped!! Crewperson must contribute to food provisions, but it may be possible that I help with airfare. Boat
3az aboard 44 ft cutter with most amenities. Have a 3 yr old Labrador who refuses to lend a hand. Desire to leave around Nov/Dec to go south. I'm aver 50 with only one schedule - manana. Email: 3vmotivate@aol.com
is currently in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Flexible cast off February-March. Best contacted through E-mail: HBLAAS1234 @ aol.com T emporary tele¬
over 1,800 sq ft of outside deck. Guest house: full kitchen, 1 bath, Murphy bed, attached solarium, outside deck. Located at Hidden Harbor Marina, 2 miles north of Rio Vista, CA. Entry to HHM is by card lock gate, excellent security. Harbormasters/ owners live on site. Hidden Harbor is a “sailboats only” private marina. But a powerboat may be allowed if it meets our requirements. Contact Jeff or Scott for more info. (916) 775-1313.
SAILBOAT OUTFITTER IN NORTHWEST seeks highly skilled rigger with extensive experience rigging & outfitting cruising sailboats. Must be proficient with AC & DC systems & gear. Job offers excellent wage & benefits to right person. Seattle, WA. (206) 730-9016.
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Florida in the spring to bring back a Wharram Cat. I am a 49 yr old sailor-chef open to meeting new
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people. Call (916) 761-5838.
an engaging position to challenge both my skills & training. Call (916)761-5838.
sailboat, looking for female, slim, attractive, ro¬ mantic, to start sailing together & begin cruising Mexico in fall of 2000. Must be easy going, love
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PROFESSIONAL SAILING & TRAWLER instruc¬ tors. If you have well rounded sailing skills, communicate effectively & want to pass along your passion for the sport, you'll want to teach for
voyaging in all waters. Acceptability over ability, attention to detail over enthusiastic slap-happy. This is serious fun, but fun it is. Linguist over physicist, adventurer over tourist. Music, humor, green or not - surprise me with your personality.
student and native of Greece-experience servic¬ ing and rebuilding mechanical and electrical sys¬ tems on 35-65ft boats; enjoy cooking, reading, swimming and socializing. Please call Yiannis (707)568-0192, or gsm@sirius.com
WHAT? A DEEP WATER DOCK & A beautiful 4 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath luxurious townhome? Yep! Moreover, just a few minutes from fast water. Master suite, upgraded carpet, fireplace, formal diningroom, mirrored closet doors. Unrivaled neighborhood. And all for only $245,000. Owner/ broker, Mark Leonard & Associates. Please call (925) 473-9294.
ISOBAR NEEDS EXPERIENCED RACERS (M/ F) for the Malaysian Raja Muda Race.
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I/VRITER/EXPERIENCED SAILOR, tall, fit, with 50 ft sailboat seeks adventurous woman mid 30’s ■ mid 40’s for LTR. Sail the Bay for a year or two 5. head off for the South Pacific/world cruise. Call (415) 215-3797.
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MARINE MECHANIC WANTED. Sausalito based engine shop looking for a qualified marine me¬ chanic for engine & related projects on top quality yachts. Please fax resume to: (415) 332-4969 or mail to: Marine Mechanic, PO Box 2008, Sausalito, CA 94966.
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round that include diesel, crew overboard & an¬
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Intent starts now, boat in S. Cal, offshore mid2000.(310)821-5514.
sel. Polite, conscientious, 31 yr. old male college
available. If you are serious about your career in sailmaking, we want to talk to you! Resumes: jobs® pineapplesails.com or call (510) 444-4321 and ask for Don.
CREW WANTED TO JOIN ENGLISH SKIPPER
LOOKING TO CREW ON GREECE BOUNDves-
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choring seminars +. All of our instructors are CG licensed (average tenure of 5+ years). Come join our professional staff while enhancing your sailing skills. Call Rick or David at (510) 865-4700.
sess sailing knowledge as well as business expe¬ rience. Application deadline: Nov 30th. Send re¬ sume to: Sailing Education Adventures (SEA), Fort Mason, Building E, San Francisco, CA 94123.
NAPA RIVER WATERFRONT LOT FOR SALE.
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at $115,000. Call (707) 226-9853.
an appointment. Ullman Sails, Inc.: email: ullman@ullmansails.com or (949) 675-6970 or
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fax: (949) 675-6276.
have some basic mechanical experience. 100 ton masters license is required. Please fax resume to (510) 523-9200 or call David @ (510) 523-9500,
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SAILING INSTRUCTORS. We are looking for
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qualified sailing instructors who would like to teach
SAILING INSTRUCTORS/SKIPPERS WANTED. Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City is'in need of
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in the best all round teaching atmosphere in the Bay. We are the oldest sailing school in California
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miles north of Rio Vista, CA. Water, garbage, sewer paid. Entry to HHM is by card lock gate,
is needed for sailing. We offer top pay for teach¬
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excellent security. Hidden Harbor is a “sailboats
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only” private marina. $1,100/month. Please call (916) 775-1313.
private charier company is accepting applica¬ tions. Must be personable, reliable, responsible &
Compass Rose Yacht Charters.
CG licensed skippers & sailing instructors for both
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in the Bay, call Kirk at (510) 232-8251.
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available. Looking for experienced sailor inter¬
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with industrial design, cutting & sewing in our well-
you. Excellent salary & benefits for the right per¬ son. CallorfaxTom at South Beach Riggers. Ph:
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YACHT MAINTENANCE CO. Marin County. Af¬
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ter 23 years, retiring. Turn-key, hi-net, hi-gross,
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sional attitude. Dynamic & rewarding environ¬
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ment with great opportunities & benefits. We will train right person who can contribute to our close-
ested in part or full-time job combining sail repair
Spinnaker Sailing, in San Francisco, is hiring
knit team. Call Susan at Precision Technical Sew¬
sailing instructors and captains for part-time or
ing/Spinnaker Shop in Palo Alto, (650) 856-2128.
full-timework in the City aboard our fleet of 22' - 44’ foot sailing yachts. Mid -week and weekend work
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available, flexible schedule! ExcellenSwages & benefits. This company is growing FAST for one
ENGINE MECHANIC. Svendsen’s Boat Works,
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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lars. Contact Michael at (360) 376-4056 or email michaeld® interisland.net
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engines. Knowledge of outdrives a plus. F/T. Paid
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(415) 543-7405, or call Charlotte or Ron at:
vacation & benefits. Salary based on experience. Available now. Fax resume to: (510) 522-2889 or
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(415) 543-7333.
call Ray, (510) 522-2886.
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manager. Responsibilities include maintaining our
enthusiastic person to help in their store. Some
fleet of sailing yachts & can include crewing. Excellent wages/benefits incl boat use. Please fax
computer knowledge is helpful but no required. Stocking, sales, parts running & working with
resume to: (415) 543-7405 or call Drew at:
great people. Must pass drug test. Contact Ralf Morgan, (510) 237-4141.
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43' HANS CHRISTIAN KETCH, 1978 Beautiful condition classic cruiser. Teak interior. Radar. Seaworthy and sea-kindly. Excellent all around comfort. Reduced! $119,000.
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30' Newport Sloop, 1981 Popular Gary Mull design. Wheel steering, diesel inboard, good sail inventory. Asking $14,600.
20' Cal.we have 3 21'Wilderness sloop, 1979 $2,100 24' Columbia, 1965.$1,250 24' J/24,1978 .$2,800
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36' CATALINA. Built in 1983, this popular
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condition. Sleeps 7 in 2 S/Rs. King berth aft w/ enclosed head & shower. Loaded w/radar, gen, AP, R/F. Reduced for quick sale.
56' FORMOSA. Gorgeous yacht, tufly pre¬
37' PACIFIC SEACRAFT, '86.
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53'ISLANDER, 1979 More than $100,000 invested over past year: new running rigging, new standing rigging, new mast, new roller furler, new mainsail, new headsail, new topside paint, new bottom paint, rebuilt genset, new dodger, new windlass. Isuzu 60 hp diesel runs like a top. Center cockpit, four cabins, 6'4" headroom, full galley.
$31,900.
$199,000.
Stephens designed racer/cruiser over the past year - this is one of the nicest Tartans you're going to see. Faryman diesel.
One owner boat. New mast, Harken roller furler and all running/standing rigging. Westerbeke diesel with less than 700 original hours. Varnish redone in 1998. Prime downtown Sausalito slip. $28,000.
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36' NONSUCH, 1987
40’ CHEOY LEE YAWL 1967 Beautiful example of this fiberglass
This stiff, seakindly vessel is at home in every¬ thing from SF Bay bluster to Mexico light airs.
classic. Vessel has had substantial
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stall shower. Top quality fittings and systems throughout. New full batten main, new run¬ ning rigging, new bottom paint, new cockpit cushions and meticulous maintenance. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. $128,000.
teak interior, and roller furling headsail.
52' SPENCER, 1982 Cold-molded sloop, built in New Zealand and sailed over from Hawaii. Twin cabin, one head, large main salon, all amenities for living aboard. Generous headroom, beautiful kauri and teak joinery along with brass accents below look classically elegant.
alone. Exquisite teak joinery below. 36hp
33hp Yanmar diesel. Just reduced to $84,000.
Owner motivated. $64,900.
Approx. $15,000 spent over lost year Perkins with low hours. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer with vessel.
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to singlehand, ideal starter boat.
New Listing: 45' HUNTER, 1986 TransPac veteran is loaded and immaculate. Apx. $150,000 spent on upgrades and improvements over last 10 years. 55 hp Yanmar diesel with 673 hours. Full electronics. Prime Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer with vessel.
CATALINA 28, 1994 Practically new example of this popular late-model sloop. Hood roller furler, full batten main, all lines lead aft. 18 hp Perkins with 260 hour}. H/C pressure water, shower, propane stove/oven.
$29,900.
$162,000.
$37,500.
27' PEARSON, 1988 This late model Pearson is well equipped, with diesel engine, wheel steering, roller furling headsail, and dodger. Hot/cold pressure water, full sized head. Easy boat
30' CATALINA, 1980 Dollar for dollar, it's hard to beat these popular boats. Teak and holly sole, cushions show like new, large quarter berth aft. Hot/ cold pressure water, Adler-Barbour reefer. Updated sails in good shape. Dodger. 11 hp Universal diesel engine. Tiller steering. Sau¬ salito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. 20,900.
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Gerry Rumsey • Phil Norgaard • Jon Rolin • Eric Groneman 49' GAFF KETCH MERLIN: 69' 3 time Transpac first to fin¬ ish. New canting keel and tall turbo rig, Go really fast. Trailer included
Santa Cruz 52 - Bill Lee Design The best racer/cruiser ever. #25 for October 2000 delivery.
Angelman design, Sea Witch, this classic beauty is a must see. Loaded w/quality gear. At our docks.
Asking $59,000
Andrews 70: Carbon fractional mast,
Mumm 30: Excellent one design pocket
140hp Yanmar, excellent condition. Go set records or very fast cruiser. $599,000.
racer. Inboard Yanmar diesel, Ockam instruments, tandem trailer, at $79,000.
BOC 50: Go short handed sailing or convert to fast cruising. These boats emphasize very efficient one person operation. Four from $185,000.
Dealers far Skipjack & Wellcraft
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Yacht & Ship Brokers
43* Baltic, '87 'Finntastic' quality, performance racer/cruiser. $239,000.
54' Fishing Schooner, excellent
$195,000
50' BOC, by Concordia 50' BOC, Finot design
$1994)00 $350,000
50' BOC, David Lyons design 50' BOC, Jutson design
$225,000 $185,000
40' Tripp, Great Lakes 42' Tanton - Cruising equipment
$ 99,000 $ 65,000
35' Baba, teak int, diesel, davits 30' Adhara 30, M0RC winner
$ 89,000 $ 34,995
30’ Evans 30, helmsman seat
$ 20,000
Argo San Diego (619) 226-6258 Fax (619) 226-6834
Argo West
(619) 523-1366
(Mission Bay)
Fax (619) 523-0566
Argo Newport
LAFITTE44 A most prestigious Perry design. Built for best combination of sophisticated cruising comfort and spirited performance. Inquire
35' SANTANA This racer/cruiser
32' WESTSAIL Colin Archer de¬
is in excellent condition. Loaded with upgrade gear. At our docks.
Asking $29,500
sign, heavy built, offshore-proven cruiser, many recent upgrades. At our docks. Asking $40,000
32' ARIES Full keel. Bay/offshore exc. sailing. Dodger, AP, new sails. New engine & other upgrddes. At our doc ks. Asking $25,000
3T CHEOY LEE Offshore by Herreshoff, f/g, new teak decks. Beautiful and in perfect condition, full cover. Atourdocks. $25,000
CATALINA 28 Mkll, '96 Launched
41' CHB TRAWLER S&S design,
in '98, like new condition. Autohelm 4000, roller furling jib, full batten main & roomy interior.
proven, oomforlable&oapable. Roomy inter., dbl strm w/queen aft. Enclosed bridge. Well equipd & maintained. 3rd berth. Asking $95,000
(949) 675-2179 Fax (949) 675-8210
45' Cavalier Center Cockpit, '87 Custom high quality interior, large main saloon, guest room. $239,000.
$53,500 50' Prout Catamaran The world's finest, most reputable long distance cruising cat. $840,000.
51' Beneteau Oceanis 510, '93 Rare opportunity. Bristol. $279,000.
40'AFT CABIN TRAWLER US built
37' Hunter, '96 A 10+, clean and ready. $128,000.
38' CATALINA, '83 Versatile Bay, offshore, Iiveaboard vessel. Excel¬ lent gear, upgrades during last month's haulout. Asking $50,000
41' Formosa Ketch, '80 Completely refurbished bluewater cruiser. $89,000.
Monk design, twin diesels in excellentcondition, good nav. equipmentincluding radar. At ourdocks.
Reduced to $38,000
1989 EUTE CRAFT 20' replica of the most popular Chris Craft run¬ about. Boat and trailer in new condition. More than $50,000 invested. Asking $27,000
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'86.. .Asking $215,000, '93.. .Asking $259,000
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Both beautifully maintained and equipped far performance cruising.
enclosed fore & aft staterooms. Roller furling. Lines led aft. Great Bay boats. $47,000 & $63,000.
$49,500.
SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS
SAIL
55' TAYANA.'85 279,000 51' BENETEAU.'86 215,000 51' BENETEAU.'93 279,000 50' FORCE WOODIE .. '69 80,000 50' DEFEVER MS. 79 220.000 48' MAPLELEAF. 79 139,500
a new boat. Full batten main. Inflatable dinghy. Many upgrades $20,000.
36' PEARSON 365, 1977, CUTTER RIG. New upholstery, new deck hatches. Westerbeke diesel. RF headsoil. Large ST primaries.
$50,000. mmmmxqm
39' FREYA, '86.
47 47 45' 43' 43' 42'
41' 41' 40' 40'
OLYMPIC... 78 145,000 CUSTOM SLOOP..'98 108,000 BOMBAY EXPLORER.78 70,000 YOUNG SUN.'84 165,000 STEEL PH.'88 85,000 GOLDEN WAVE ....'81 115.000 ISL FREEPORT.... '80 89,500 RHODES.'66 98,000 ALUMINUM. 77 59,500 C&C.!.... '84 110,000 GREBE WOODIE ..'38 32,000 SLOOP WOODIE .. '90 75,000
39' 38' 38' 38' 38' 37+ 37 37 365 36' 36' 35' 35'
FREYA.'86 TAHITI. 76 ULMER ALUM.'95 COLUMBIA.'67 CATALINA.'83 C&C.'90 TAYANA.'86 FISHER. 77 PEARSON sloop.... 77 COLUMBIA. 70 CATALINA.'86 CAL.'83 COLUMBIA. 79
120,000 22,500 95,000 32,900 50,000 128,000 103,000 104,000 50,000 30,900 62,000 58,000 59,500
35* CORONADO.... .'73 35' ALBERG . .'65 35' NIAGARA. .'81 35* ROBB. .'63 35* HUNTER LEGEND '90 35* BENETEAU.'89 35' CHEOY LEE .... .79 34' ISLANDER. .'77 'ft.*; 33' APHRODITE 33' TARTAN . .'80 33' PETERSON .
53,500 29,500 27,500 35,000 35,000
33' CHEOY LEE .... .'75 32' ERICSON. .76 32* MARINER. .'81 32' FUJI. .78 32' COLUMBIA. .78 32' TRAVELLER.... .74 30' HUNTER. ..78 30' CHEOY LEE .... 30' RAWSON. .'65 30' CAL 3-30. .74 30' NEWPORT. .71 30' BRISTOL . . 73 30' HUNTER. .*93 30' WILLARD P/HOUSE'74 30' CATALINA. .78 29.5 HUNTER. . 3 from 29' CAL 9.2. . 2 from 29' RANGER, nice. .72 26 ISLANDER. .78 28' TRADEWINDS. .'67 27' ALBIN. .'73
34.500 20,000 29,750 40,000 32,000 29,950 14.500 29,500 18,000 20,000 20,000 17,500 60,000 44,500 17,500 47,000 22,500 19,900 24.500 24,500 18.900
37,500 34,900 67,000 45,000 68.500 79.500
CHEOY LEE. CATALINA CAPRI . 26 CATALINA. 26 CORONADO. 22' CATALINA wArailer 26' 26'
POWER 60' BURGER . 50' STEPHENS . 50' FANTAIL. 46 CHRIS CRAFT. 43' STEPHENS . 42' BLUEWATER. 42' KHA SHING FB. 42' KHA SHING. 41* CHRIS CRAFT. 38' CHRIS CRAFT. 38' MATTHEWS. 37 CALIFORNIAN. 37 AQUA CRAFT. 33' CARVER. 32' GRAND BANKS. 30' TOLLYCRAFT. 29' OWENS. 28' WELLCRAFT Exp.. 28' FIBREFORM. 27 SEA RAY. 23' BAYLINER. 23' COBALT. 21' ROAMER. 20' CORRECT CRAFT 19' RX19JET BOA! .... 19' BOSTON WHALER
'63 '90 78 '63 '91
8,000 18,500 11.600 5,500 8,000
'58 252,000 '65 135,000 ’07 40,000 '50 129,000 '29 74,900 73 46,000 '84 120,000 '84 165.000 129,000 76 Inquire '25 28.900 •77 60,000 '83 65,000 76 42,000 '66 33.900 72 26.000 '59 12,500 '85 31,900 79 14,000 '97 57,950 '86 13,900 '89 18,000 13,500 77 13,500 •96 '89
32' FUJI, 78. Beautiful construction. Great condition. Nicely equipped. Must see, in Sausalito. $40,000.
C&C 37+, '90. Sleek fast cruiser, owner's double aft, light interior. Roller furling, hydraulic backstays, all lines led aft. MUSTSEE. PRICE REDUCED. $128,000.
19,900 13,900
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Equipped for cruising. Greot soil
inventory. Offshore raft. Hard dodger. Rodar. Weotherfox. AP, SSB. Super deon. $120,000.
Michael Scherner
29' HUNTER 29.5s, ’94 & '97. Great layouts w/
Aluminum spars. Brand new main. Profurl. ST winches. Electric windlass. Great shape.
30' NEWPORT, 71. Brand new engine. Looks like
Fax 332-4580
Scott Seager •
Clay & Teresa Prescott • Greg Gardella • Claire Jones
35' CHEOY LEE 79.
(415) 332-7245
41' ISLANDER FREEPORT, '80.
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sign. 6 cylinder diesel. Beautiful, loaded w/equipment. Radar, GPS, newer upholstery. Gen., more. $89,500.
^hmmmmpnn■*mmmmmn i BENETEAU 35.5, 89. Exceptionally dean & well equipped, including o great sail inventory. Looking for new owner. $79,000.
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TARTAN, '80.
Sparkman & Stephens design.
Universal diesel. Harken roller furling, spinnaker, Force 10 propane stove. $35,000
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55' TAYANA, '85.
35' HUNTER 35.5, '90. Immaculate condition throughout. New dodger ond canvas, great layout. AP, refrig,Yonmor diesel. MUST SEE1 $68,500.
38' CATALINA, '83.
New Yonmor. New rigging.
Three headsails. Updated winches. Very clean boat.
$50,000.
Three stoteroom model. Never been in charter.
ruddpr. Perkins 4-108 with only 492 hours. Nice sail
Recent houlout & survey. Searching for her new owner. I
Reduced to $279,000.
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42' GOLDEN WAVE, '82. Robert Perry performance cruiser. Fin keel with skeg hung
Qkyadit^ot^etcotti.com • www.yoditwofW.com/micliorflgebrolcers
inventory. Harken roller furling.
$115,000.
50' CALKINS tenter cockpit cutter. Performance cruiser. Wheel steering, teak decks, 7 bags sails incl. spinnaker, aft cabin, shower, 2 heads, vane, more. Ask $45,000.
40' TRAWLER by TA CHIAO. Diesel, glass hull, two helms, full galley, genset, more. Needs some work, but is a deall Asking $46,000.
SAIL
60'STEEL sip, strong cruiser.. 165,000 60' FIEE cutter, iron, new dsl 195,000 57'MTR SAIL ketch, certified hr 45 passengers, dsl, EG. 125,000 56’HERESHOFF Marco Polo schooner: exguisite! 53'CHAS. MOWER YWL, classical beau¬ ty in exc. cond. 60' LOA ... 42,000 50'10D SCHOONER, Scbock/Boeing.. clnssic, dsl, some work needed,... orig. 8 complete.Try 39,500 47’LOD Wm. GARDEN goff schooner, ferro, dsl, lots of gear... 35,000/offer 43'DOUBLE-END ktcb, C.C/P.. 68,000 43'WITTHOLZ steel PH sip, strong, excellent cond., dsl.. 85,000 40’ PH custom cutter, dsl, '91.75,000 40 TANC00Kschooner, nice!.. 30,000 40' LOD Wm Gorden Schooner, New! Dsl,
62' JOHN ALDEN YAWL. This fine '31 classic soiling yacht has teak decks, low hrs dsl, mahog over oak w/ bronze, lead. Must be seen. Asking $180,000.
36'CROCKER/LAWLEY schooner, dsl, gaff, classic, great buy.18,500 36'CHEOY LEE ROBB sip, dsl ... 49,500 36' CHEOY LEE LION, teak, dsl 25,000 36' CAPE GEORGE cutter, well equip! cruiser, located in Hawaii.. 75,000 35' SCHOONER, alum, goff, dsl 36,500 34'COLUMBIA Mkll, dsl.21,000 34'ISLANDER, dsl, AP, GPS. 29,500 33’N0R'WEST, FG, dsl, fixer ..15,000 32.5 GLASUM 5.5M racing sip 12,800 32'ROYAL Cruiser, l/B, classic.. 6,500 32'SCHOONER, Winslow/Blonchard.. Very nice, rbll '94. 142,000 31'CHEOY LEE, Luders, dsl, sip 48,000 30'LOD ATKIN Bristol Chonnel Cutter, gaff, cedar/oak/bronze, dsl... 27,600 30'BIRD sip, rebuilt classic race 8,500 30'BALTIC moslbeod sip, 0/8.. 5,000 30'PACIFIC sloop, Soildrive.5,500 30‘SCAMPI 1/2 ton sloop, F/G, diesel, roce/cruise and more.9,995 30'WALSHBO mtrsail, dsl.7,000 28'VERTUE by Giles, dsl, more 22,000 28'LANCER MkV sip, '84 . 13,400 28'FELLOWS 8 STEWART ktch. 20,000 27'NEWPORT sip, l/B.8,000 27'CHEOY LEE JUDDERS sip ...18,000 26'LUGER sip, f/g.5,500 26'EXCALIBUR sip, 0/8, nice... 4,500 26' PEARSON Commander, 0/B 4,500 26'CHEOY LEE Cadet, l/B, FG... 5,500 26 FOLKBOAT, F/G, dsl.12,900 25'CHEOY LEEPAC. CLIPPER.7,250 25' HILLYARD 5-tonner, dsl ....18,250 24'KIWI, 0/8, EG.5,200 24'OOLPHIN/YANKEE by 58S 10,500
20' CLASSIC ENGLISH SLOOP. Built 1991, diesel. An exquisite iewelbox of a boat in show condition. Has full cover ana more. Must see! Asking $19,900.
35' MARINER ketch. Popular Wm. Garden design. Proven cruiser. Diesel, well built and equipped. Mahog. cabins, new sails, soiling dinghy, more! Asking $29,250.
41' CHRIS CRAFT Flush deck motoryacht. Enclosed bridge, aft cabin, twin 350s, 2 heads, shower, heaters, very comfortable, nicely appointed. Asking $64,500.
POWER
100' STEELTUG, YTB, exc. cond 175,000 65'Nunes. Ferry conv.lo cruising house¬ boat. You finish job. Lots of charm 8 potential. Osl.Try 62,500 57'CHRIS CRAFT Constellation, dsls, loaded. 149,950
34' LOO ANGELMAN SEASPRITE. Ketch. Mahog. over oak w/copper rivets. Lead ballast, dsl, whl, counter stern, settee, frig, F-l 0 stove, shower, more. $24,950.
52'BAGELIETTO, flush deck, FB, MY, twin 871 dsls. 95,000 46'CHRIS Classic, '46, FB, lots new, really nice w/afl cobin & more 49,500 46' LAKE UNION, '30 classic, twin dsl, bool was JUST REBUILT ...100,000 46'SEA RAY EXPRESS, twin T-dsI, loaded with extras.199,000 43'GRAND MARINER, twins.... 98,500 43'MATTHEWS FB. 55,000/offer 42’ MATTHEWS, '52 Classic Cruiser twins, FB, great liveaboord/cruiser.35,000 42' CUST. TRWL, Cot. 6 dsl Try 18,500 41' ROUGHWATER trawler, aft cobin, diesels, and more.71,900 40'SPORT FISH Charterboot w/certif. (14+2), dsls, ready to go! 82,000 38' HUNTER of Canodo, FB sdn, twin V8s, very dean, roomy '59 cruiser 32,500 38' CHRIS CRAFT Commander. 60,000 38'TOLLYCRAFT sedon trawler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, very nice. 59,500 38'CHRIS CRAFT SEA SKIFF Sf, fresh engines, just hauled.... Try 16,500 36'STEPHENS, '39, classic, twins, oft enclosure, more.29,000
36' REGAL Express, twin 454s, air, beat, full covers, 2 S/Rs, more.. 79,000 34'CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 34'JEFFRIES sport cruiser, two 454s, sharp and fast!.79,000 33 D0NZI Z-33, twn 454s, ++64,500 30 T0LLYCRAFT, f/g, twins, FB 16,900 30'STEPHENS, '37 classic, nice 18,500 27’REGAL Ambassador, ’93, w/troiler, clean w/very little use...... 30,000 27'CHRIS Sed Skiff, V8, nice ..12,500 26 CLIPPER CRAFT, '92, i/o, trailer, fisb/work.24,500 26'TOLLYCRAFT, fg, clean.19,000 25'ALBIN trawler, diesel. 24,750 24' SEA RAY HT Express w/lrlr.. 8,500 24' MARIAN CUDDY, 1996, i/o 28,500 24'SEARAY, SRV 240, v. clean 10,500 22'FORMULA 3LS, i/o.15,000 21 ’ ENGLISH diesel harbor utility croft w/ trailer.13,500
50’ STEPHENS
57' LOD HERRESHOFF KETCH, '81 WORLD CRUISER, ready for sea. Outstanding C Flex F/G construction & all the right gear/elect. Now in Hawaii; Tahiti anyone? $239,000.
46' CAL 2-46 ketch, diesel, center cockpit, dual steer¬ ing stations, genset, autopilot, heat, roller furling, great cruiser, eguipped right, exceptional condition. 119,000.
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An outstanding vessel from this excellent builder. Port Orford cedar over white oak w/teak decks and cabins, aft stateroom, loaded with equipment and in beautiful condition
ASKING $135,000
43' STEPHENS. Classic cruiser. Very nice. P.0, cedar over oak, bronze fastened. Twins, H&C press w/shower. Dsl heater, fireplace, full boat cover & More. 74,900.
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Strong world cruiser, African mahogany, bronze fastened, lead ballast, Cat diesel, dual steering stations, 12.5kw genset, AP, VHF, radar, dinghy, more. HIGH ENDURANCE, LONG RANGE CRUISER. Asking $225,000.
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